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Joel 2 NASB 1977
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<br> Surely it is near, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A day of darkness and gloom, <br> A day of clouds and thick darkness. <br> As the dawn is spread over the mountains, <br> <i>So</i> there is a great and mighty people; <br> There has never been <i>anything</i> like it, <br> Nor will there be again after it <br> To the years of many generations. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A fire consumes before them, <br> And behind them a flame burns. <br> The land is like the garden of Eden before them, <br> But a desolate wilderness behind them, <br> And nothing at all escapes them. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; <br> And like war horses, so they run. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>With a noise as of chariots <br> They leap on the tops of the mountains, <br> Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, <br> Like a mighty people arranged for battle. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Before them the people are in anguish; <br> All faces turn pale. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They run like mighty men; <br> They climb the wall like soldiers; <br> And they each march in line, <br> Nor do they deviate from their paths. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They do not crowd each other; <br> They march everyone in his path. <br> When they burst through the defenses, <br> They do not break ranks. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They rush on the city, <br> They run on the wall; <br> They climb into the houses, <br> They enter through the windows like a thief. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Before them the earth quakes, <br> The heavens tremble, <br> The sun and the moon grow dark, <br> And the stars lose their brightness. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the LORD utters His voice before His army; <br> Surely His camp is very great, <br> For strong is he who carries out His word. <br> The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, <br> And who can endure it? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, <br> “Return to Me with all your heart, <br> And with fasting, weeping, and mourning; <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And rend your heart and not your garments.” <br> Now return to the LORD your God, <br> For He is gracious and compassionate, <br> Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, <br> And relenting of evil. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who knows whether He will <i>not</i> turn and relent, <br> And leave a blessing behind Him, <br> <i>Even</i> a grain offering and a libation <br> For the LORD your God? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Blow a trumpet in Zion, <br> Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, <br> Assemble the elders, <br> Gather the children and the nursing infants. <br> Let the bridegroom come out of his room <br> And the bride out of her <i>bridal</i> chamber. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let the priests, the LORD’s ministers, <br> Weep between the porch and the altar, <br> And let them say, “Spare Thy people, O LORD, <br> And do not make Thine inheritance a reproach, <br> A byword among the nations. <br> Why should they among the peoples say, <br> ‘Where is their God?’” <p><b><i>Deliverance Promised</i></b><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, <br> And will have pity on His people. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the LORD will answer and say to His people, <br> “Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine, and oil, <br> And you will be satisfied <i>in full</i> with them; <br> And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“But I will remove the northern <i>army</i> far from you, <br> And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land, <br> And its vanguard into the eastern sea, <br> And its rear guard into the western sea. <br> And its stench will arise and its foul smell will come up, <br> For it has done great things.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, <br> For the LORD has done great things. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not fear, beasts of the field, <br> For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, <br> For the tree has borne its fruit, <br> The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So rejoice, O sons of Zion, <br> And be glad in the LORD your God; <br> For He has given you the early rain for <i>your</i> vindication. <br> And He has poured down for you the rain, <br> The early and latter rain as before. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the threshing floors will be full of grain, <br> And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Then I will make up to you for the years <br> That the swarming locust has eaten, <br> The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust, <br> My great army which I sent among you. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“And you shall have plenty to eat and be satisfied, <br> And praise the name of the LORD your God, <br> Who has dealt wondrously with you; <br> Then My people will never be put to shame. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, <br> And that I am the LORD your God <br> And there is no other; <br> And My people will never be put to shame. <p><b><i>The Promise of the Spirit</i></b><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“And it will come about after this <br> That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; <br> And your sons and daughters will prophesy, <br> Your old men will dream dreams, <br> Your young men will see visions. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“And even on the male and female servants <br> I will pour out My Spirit in those days. <p><b><i>The Day of the LORD</i></b><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“And I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, <br> Blood, fire, and columns of smoke. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“The sun will be turned into darkness, <br> And the moon into blood, <br> Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/joel/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD <br> Will be delivered; <br> For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem <br> There will be those who escape, <br> As the LORD has said, <br> Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.<p></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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