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<p class="indent2">Surely it is near, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A day of darkness and thick darkness, <p class="indent2">A day of clouds and dense gloom. <p class="indent2">As the dawn is spread over the mountains, <p class="indent2"><i>So</i> there is a numerous and mighty people; <p class="indent2">There has never been <i>anything</i> like it, <p class="indent2">Nor will there be again after it <p class="indent2">For the years from generation to generation. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A fire consumes before them, <p class="indent2">And behind them a flame burns. <p class="indent2">The land is like the garden of Eden before them <p class="indent2">But a desolate wilderness behind them, <p class="indent2">And nothing at all escapes them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; <p class="indent2">And like war horses, so they run. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>With a noise as of chariots <p class="indent2">They leap on the tops of the mountains, <p class="indent2">Like the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>crackling of a flame of fire consumes the stubble, <p class="indent2">Like a mighty people arranged for battle. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Before them the peoples are writhing; <p class="indent2">All faces <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>turn pale. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They run like mighty men; <p class="indent2">They climb up the wall like men of war; <p class="indent2">And they each march <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in line, <p class="indent2">And they do not deviate from their paths. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They do not crowd each other; <p class="indent2">They march everyone in his path; <p class="indent2">When they fall against the <i>defending</i> weapons, <p class="indent2">They do not break ranks. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They rush on the city; <p class="indent2">They run on the wall; <p class="indent2">They climb up into the houses; <p class="indent2">They enter through the windows like a thief. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Before them the earth trembles; <p class="indent2">The heavens quake; <p class="indent2">The sun and the moon grow dark, <p class="indent2">And the stars <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lose their brightness. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But Yahweh gives forth His voice before His military force; <p class="indent2">Surely His camp is very numerous, <p class="indent2">For mighty is he who does His word. <p class="indent2">The day of Yahweh is indeed great and very awesome, <p class="indent2">And who can endure it? <p class="hdg">Return to Yahweh</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Yet even now,” declares Yahweh, <p class="indent2">“Return to Me with all your heart <p class="indent2">And with fasting, weeping, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>wailing; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And tear your heart and not your garments.” <p class="indent2">Now return to Yahweh your God, <p class="indent2">For He is gracious and compassionate, <p class="indent2">Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, <p class="indent2">And relenting concerning evil. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who knows whether He will <i>not</i> turn and relent <p class="indent2">And leave a blessing behind Him, <p class="indent2"><i>Even</i> a grain offering and a drink offering <p class="indent2">For Yahweh your God? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Blow a trumpet in Zion, <p class="indent2">Set apart a fast as holy, call for a solemn assembly, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Gather the people, set apart the congregation as holy, <p class="indent2">Assemble the elders, <p class="indent2">Gather the infants and the nursing babies. <p class="indent2">Let the bridegroom come out of his room <p class="indent2">And the bride out of her <i>bridal</i> chamber. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, <p class="indent2">Weep between the porch and the altar, <p class="indent2">And let them say, “Pity Your people, O Yahweh, <p class="indent2">And do not make Your inheritance a reproach, <p class="indent2">A byword among the nations. <p class="indent2">Why should they among the peoples say, <p class="indent2">‘Where is their God?’” <p class="hdg">Yahweh Will Spare His People</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Yahweh <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>will be zealous for His land <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>will spare His people. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then Yahweh <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>will answer and say to His people, <p class="indent2">“Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine, and oil, <p class="indent2">And you will be satisfied <i>in full</i> with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>them; <p class="indent2">And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But I will remove the northern <i>military force</i> far from you, <p class="indent2">And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land, <p class="indent2">And its vanguard into the eastern sea, <p class="indent2">And its rear guard into the western sea. <p class="indent2">And its stench will rise up, and its foul smell will rise up, <p class="indent2">For it has done great things.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, <p class="indent2">For Yahweh has done great things. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not fear, beasts of the field, <p class="indent2">For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, <p class="indent2">For the tree has borne its fruit; <p class="indent2">The fig tree and the vine have yielded <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their full force. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So rejoice, O sons of Zion, <p class="indent2">And be glad in Yahweh your God, <p class="indent2">For He has given you <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the early rain in righteousness. <p class="indent2">And He has poured down for you the rain, <p class="indent2">The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>early and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>late rains <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>as before. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The threshing floors will be full of grain, <p class="indent2">And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Then I will pay back to you in full for the years <p class="indent2">That the swarming locust has consumed, <p class="indent2">The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust, <p class="indent2">My great military force which I sent among you. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And you will have plenty to consume and be satisfied <p class="indent2">And praise the name of Yahweh your God, <p class="indent2">Who has dealt wondrously with you; <p class="indent2">Then My people will never be put to shame. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, <p class="indent2">And that I am Yahweh your God, <p class="indent2">And there is no other; <p class="indent2">And My people will never be put to shame. <p class="hdg">Yahweh Will Pour Out His Spirit</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>And it will be afterwards <p class="indent2">That I will pour out My Spirit on all <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>mankind; <p class="indent2">And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; <p class="indent2">Your old men will dream dreams; <p class="indent2">Your young men will see visions. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Even on the male slaves and female slaves <p class="indent2">I will in those days pour out My Spirit. <p class="hdg">Deliverance in the Day of Yahweh</p><p><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And I will put wonders in the sky and on the earth, <p class="indent2">Blood, fire, and columns of smoke. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The sun will be turned into darkness <p class="indent2">And the moon into blood <p class="indent2">Before the great and awesome day of Yahweh comes. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joel/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh <p class="indent2">Will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>be delivered; <p class="indent2">For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem <p class="indent2">There will be those who escape, <p class="indent2">As Yahweh has said, <p class="indent2">Even among the survivors whom Yahweh calls.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>Like the noise of chariots</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>noise</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>gather</i> their <i>radiance</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>in his ways</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>gather together</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>lamentation</i>, cf. 1:13<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>was zealous</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>had spared</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>answered and said</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>it</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>their excellence</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Autumn; or possibly word play to mean <i>the teacher for righteousness</i>, cf. Is 30:20<br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Autumn<br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Spring<br><span class="fnverse">23</span> As in ancient versions; Heb <i>in the first</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Ch 3:1 in Heb<br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>flesh</i><br><span class="fnverse">32</span> Lit <i>escape</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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