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href="../joel/1.htm" title="Joel 1">◄</a> Joel 2 <a href="../joel/3.htm" title="Joel 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Blow ye the horn in Zion,</div><div class="po2">And sound an alarm in My holy mountain;</div><div class="po2">Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;</div><div class="po2">For the day of the LORD cometh,</div><div class="po2">For it is at hand;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness,</div><div class="po2">As blackness spread upon the mountains;</div><div class="po2">A great people and a mighty,</div><div class="po2">There hath not been ever the like,</div><div class="po2">Neither shall be any more after them,</div><div class="po2">Even to the years of many generations.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A fire devoureth before them,</div><div class="po2">And behind them a flame blazeth;</div><div class="po2">The land is as the garden of Eden before them,</div><div class="po2">And behind them a desolate wilderness;</div><div class="po2">Yea, and nothing escapeth them.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses;</div><div class="po2">And as horsemen, so do they run.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Like the noise of chariots,</div><div class="po2">On the tops of the mountains do they leap,</div><div class="po2">Like the noise of a flame of fire</div><div class="po2">That devoureth the stubble,</div><div class="po2">As a mighty people set in battle array.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>At their presence the peoples are in anguish;</div><div class="po2">All faces have gathered blackness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They run like mighty men,</div><div class="po2">They climb the wall like men of war;</div><div class="po2">And they move on every one in his ways,</div><div class="po2">And they entangle not their paths.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Neither doth one thrust another,</div><div class="po2">They march every one in his highway;</div><div class="po2">And they break through the weapons,</div><div class="po2">And suffer no harm.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They leap upon the city,</div><div class="po2">They run upon the wall,</div><div class="po2">They climb up into the houses;</div><div class="po2">They enter in at the windows like a thief.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Before them the earth quaketh,</div><div class="po2">The heavens tremble;</div><div class="po2">The sun and the moon are become black,</div><div class="po2">And the stars withdraw their shining.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the LORD uttereth His voice before His army;</div><div class="po2">For His camp is very great,</div><div class="po2">For he is mighty that executeth His word;</div><div class="po2">For great is the day of the LORD and very terrible;</div><div class="po2">And who can abide it?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Yet even now, saith the LORD,</div><div class="po2">Turn ye unto Me with all your heart,</div><div class="po2">And with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And rend your heart, and not your garments,</div><div class="po2">And turn unto the LORD your God;</div><div class="po2">For He is gracious and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy,</div><div class="po2">And repenteth Him of the evil.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who knoweth whether He will not turn and repent,</div><div class="po2">And leave a blessing behind Him,</div><div class="po2">Even a meal-offering and a drink-offering Unto the LORD your God?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Blow the horn in Zion,</div><div class="po2">Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Gather the people,</div><div class="po2">Sanctify the congregation,</div><div class="po2">Assemble the elders,</div><div class="po2">Gather the children,</div><div class="po2">And those that suck the breasts;</div><div class="po2">Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber,</div><div class="po2">And the bride out of her pavilion.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD,</div><div class="po2">Weep between the porch and the altar,</div><div class="po2">And let them say: ‘Spare thy people, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">And give not Thy heritage to reproach,</div><div class="po2">That the nations should make them a byword:</div><div class="po2">Wherefore should they say among the peoples:</div><div class="po2">Where is their God?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then was the LORD jealous for His land,</div><div class="po2">And had pity on His people.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the LORD answered and said unto His people:</div><div class="po2">‘Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil,</div><div class="po2">And ye shall be satisfied therewith;</div><div class="po2">And I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But I will remove far off from you the northern one,</div><div class="po2">And will drive him into a land barren and desolate,</div><div class="po2">With his face toward the eastern sea,</div><div class="po2">And his hinder part toward the western sea;</div><div class="po2">That his foulness may come up, and his ill savour may come up,</div><div class="po2">Because he hath done great things.’</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice;</div><div class="po2">For the LORD hath done great things.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field;</div><div class="po2">For the pastures of the wilderness do spring,</div><div class="po2">For the tree beareth its fruit,</div><div class="po2">The fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice</div><div class="po2">In the LORD your God;</div><div class="po2">For He giveth you the former rain in just measure,</div><div class="po2">And He causeth to come down for you the rain,</div><div class="po2">The former rain and the latter rain, at the first.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the floors shall be full of corn,</div><div class="po2">And the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,</div><div class="po2">The canker-worm, and the caterpiller, and the palmer-worm,</div><div class="po2">My great army which I sent among you.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,</div><div class="po2">And shall praise the name of the LORD your God,</div><div class="po2">That hath dealt wondrously with you;</div><div class="po2">And My people shall never be ashamed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,</div><div class="po2">And that I am the LORD your God, and there is none else;</div><div class="po2">And My people shall never be ashamed.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass afterward,</div><div class="po2">That I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh;</div><div class="po2">And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,</div><div class="po2">Your old men shall dream dreams,</div><div class="po2">Your young men shall see visions;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-29.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids</div><div class="po2">In those days will I pour out My spirit.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-30.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth,</div><div class="po2">Blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-31.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The sun shall be turned into darkness,</div><div class="po2">And the moon into blood,</div><div class="po2">Before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-32.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered;</div><div class="po2">For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape,</div><div class="po2">As the LORD hath said,</div><div class="po2">And among the remnant those whom the LORD shall call.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../joel/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../joel/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' 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