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New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 2

The Terrible Visitation

11Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the 2day of the Lord is coming; Surely it is near,2A day of 3darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a 4great and mighty people; There has 5never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations.3A 6fire consumes before them And behind them a flame burns. The land is 7like the garden of Eden before them But a 8desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them.4Their 9appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.510With a 11noise as of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains, Like the 12crackling of a 13flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people arranged for battle.6Before them the people are in 14anguish; All 15faces 16turn pale.7They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like soldiers; And they each 17march 18in line, Nor do they deviate from their paths.8They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they 19burst through the 20defenses, They do not break ranks.9They rush on the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the 21houses, They 22enter through the windows like a thief.10Before them the earth 23quakes, The heavens tremble, The 24sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.11The Lord 25utters His voice before 26His army; Surely His camp is very great, For 27strong is he who carries out His word. The 28day of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome, And 29who can endure it?12“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “30Return to Me with all your heart, And with 31fasting, weeping and mourning;13And 32rend your heart and not 33your garments.” Now return to the Lord your God, For He is 34gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness And 35relenting of evil.14Who knows 36whether He will not turn and relent And leave a 37blessing behind Him, Even 38a grain offering and a drink offering For the Lord your God?1539Blow a trumpet in Zion, 40Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,16Gather the people, 41sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the 42bridegroom come out of his room And the bride out of her bridal chamber.17Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, Weep 43between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “44Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not make Your inheritance a 45reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, ‘46Where is their God?’”

Deliverance Promised

18Then the Lord 47will be 48zealous for His land And 49will have 50pity on His people.19The Lord 51will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am going to 52send you grain, new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with 53them; And I will 54never again make you a reproach among the nations.20But I will remove the 55northern army far from you, And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land, And its vanguard into the 56eastern sea, And its rear guard into the 57western sea. And its 58stench will arise and its foul smell will come up, For it has done great things.”

2159Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, For the Lord has done 60great things.22Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the 61pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded 62in full.23So rejoice, O 63sons of Zion, And 64be glad in the Lord your God; For He has 65given you 66the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The 67early and 6869latter rain 70as before.24The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will 71overflow with the new wine and oil.25“Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming 72locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you.26You will have plenty to 73eat and be satisfied And 74praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has 75dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will 76never be put to shame.27Thus you will 77know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God, And there is 78no other; And My people will never be 79put to shame.

The Promise of the Spirit

28“8081It will come about after this That I will 82pour out My Spirit on all 8384mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.29Even on the 85male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

The Day of the Lord

30I will 86display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.31The 87sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the 88great and awesome day of the Lord comes.32And it will come about that 89whoever calls on the name of the Lord Will be delivered; For 90on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who 91escape, As the Lord has said, Even among the 92survivors whom the Lord calls.

Notes

  1. 1. Joel 2:1 Jer 4:5; Joel 2:15; Zeph 1:16 ↩
  2. 2. Joel 2:1 Joel 1:15; 2:11, 31; 3:14; Obad 15; Zeph 1:14 ↩
  3. 3. Joel 2:2 Joel 2:10, 31; Amos 5:18; Zeph 1:15 ↩
  4. 4. Joel 2:2 Joel 1:6; 2:11, 25 ↩
  5. 5. Joel 2:2 Lam 1:12; Dan 9:12; 12:1; Joel 1:2 ↩
  6. 6. Joel 2:3 Ps 97:3; Is 9:18, 19 ↩
  7. 7. Joel 2:3 Is 51:3; Ezek 36:35 ↩
  8. 8. Joel 2:3 Ex 10:5, 15; Ps 105:34, 35; Zech 7:14 ↩
  9. 9. Joel 2:4 Rev 9:7 ↩
  10. 10. Joel 2:5 Lit Like the noise of chariots ↩
  11. 11. Joel 2:5 Rev 9:9 ↩
  12. 12. Joel 2:5 Lit noise ↩
  13. 13. Joel 2:5 Is 5:24; 30:30 ↩
  14. 14. Joel 2:6 Is 13:8; Nah 2:10 ↩
  15. 15. Joel 2:6 Jer 30:6 ↩
  16. 16. Joel 2:6 Or become flushed ↩
  17. 17. Joel 2:7 Prov 30:27 ↩
  18. 18. Joel 2:7 Lit in his ways ↩
  19. 19. Joel 2:8 Lit fall ↩
  20. 20. Joel 2:8 Lit weapon, probably javelin ↩
  21. 21. Joel 2:9 Ex 10:6 ↩
  22. 22. Joel 2:9 Jer 9:21; John 10:1 ↩
  23. 23. Joel 2:10 Ps 18:7; Joel 3:16; Nah 1:5 ↩
  24. 24. Joel 2:10 Is 13:10; 34:4; Jer 4:23; Ezek 32:7, 8; Joel 2:31; 3:15; Matt 24:29; Rev 8:12 ↩
  25. 25. Joel 2:11 Ps 46:6; Is 13:4; Jer 25:30; Joel 3:16 ↩
  26. 26. Joel 2:11 Joel 2:25 ↩
  27. 27. Joel 2:11 Jer 50:34; Rev 18:8 ↩
  28. 28. Joel 2:11 Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 31; 3:14; Zeph 1:14, 15; Rev 6:17 ↩
  29. 29. Joel 2:11 Ezek 22:14; Mal 3:2 ↩
  30. 30. Joel 2:12 Deut 4:29; Jer 4:1, 2; Ezek 33:11; Hos 12:6 ↩
  31. 31. Joel 2:12 Dan 9:3 ↩
  32. 32. Joel 2:13 Ps 34:18; 51:17; Is 57:15 ↩
  33. 33. Joel 2:13 Gen 37:34; 2 Sam 1:11; Job 1:20; Jer 41:5 ↩
  34. 34. Joel 2:13 Ex 34:6 ↩
  35. 35. Joel 2:13 Jer 18:8; 42:10; Amos 7:3, 6 ↩
  36. 36. Joel 2:14 Jer 26:3; Jon 3:9 ↩
  37. 37. Joel 2:14 Hag 2:19 ↩
  38. 38. Joel 2:14 Joel 1:9, 13 ↩
  39. 39. Joel 2:15 Num 10:3; 2 Kin 10:20 ↩
  40. 40. Joel 2:15 Joel 1:14 ↩
  41. 41. Joel 2:16 1 Sam 16:5; 2 Chr 29:5 ↩
  42. 42. Joel 2:16 Ps 19:5 ↩
  43. 43. Joel 2:17 2 Chr 8:12; Ezek 8:16 ↩
  44. 44. Joel 2:17 Ex 32:11, 12; Is 37:20; Amos 7:2, 5 ↩
  45. 45. Joel 2:17 Ps 44:13; 74:10 ↩
  46. 46. Joel 2:17 Ps 42:10; 79:10; 115:2 ↩
  47. 47. Joel 2:18 Or was zealous ↩
  48. 48. Joel 2:18 Zech 1:14; 8:2 ↩
  49. 49. Joel 2:18 Or had pity ↩
  50. 50. Joel 2:18 Is 60:10; 63:9, 15 ↩
  51. 51. Joel 2:19 Or answered and said ↩
  52. 52. Joel 2:19 Jer 31:12; Hos 2:21, 22; Joel 1:10; Mal 3:10 ↩
  53. 53. Joel 2:19 Lit it ↩
  54. 54. Joel 2:19 Ezek 34:29; 36:15 ↩
  55. 55. Joel 2:20 Jer 1:14, 15 ↩
  56. 56. Joel 2:20 Zech 14:8 ↩
  57. 57. Joel 2:20 Deut 11:24 ↩
  58. 58. Joel 2:20 Is 34:3; Amos 4:10 ↩
  59. 59. Joel 2:21 Is 54:4; Jer 30:10; Zeph 3:16, 17 ↩
  60. 60. Joel 2:21 Ps 126:3; Joel 2:26 ↩
  61. 61. Joel 2:22 Ps 65:12, 13 ↩
  62. 62. Joel 2:22 Lit their wealth ↩
  63. 63. Joel 2:23 Ps 149:2 ↩
  64. 64. Joel 2:23 Is 12:2-6 ↩
  65. 65. Joel 2:23 Deut 11:14; Is 41:16; Jer 5:24; Hab 3:18; Zech 10:7 ↩
  66. 66. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn; or possibly the teacher for righteousness ↩
  67. 67. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn ↩
  68. 68. Joel 2:23 I.e. spring ↩
  69. 69. Joel 2:23 Lev 26:4; Hos 6:3; Zech 10:1 ↩
  70. 70. Joel 2:23 So with ancient versions; Heb in the first ↩
  71. 71. Joel 2:24 Lev 26:10; Amos 9:13; Mal 3:10 ↩
  72. 72. Joel 2:25 Joel 1:4-7; 2:2-11 ↩
  73. 73. Joel 2:26 Lev 26:5; Deut 11:15; Is 62:9 ↩
  74. 74. Joel 2:26 Deut 12:7; Ps 67:5-7 ↩
  75. 75. Joel 2:26 Ps 126:2, 3; Is 25:1 ↩
  76. 76. Joel 2:26 Is 45:17 ↩
  77. 77. Joel 2:27 Lev 26:11, 12; Joel 3:17, 21 ↩
  78. 78. Joel 2:27 Is 45:5, 6 ↩
  79. 79. Joel 2:27 Is 49:23 ↩
  80. 80. Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Heb ↩
  81. 81. Joel 2:28 Acts 2:17-21 ↩
  82. 82. Joel 2:28 Is 32:15; 44:3; Ezek 39:29; Zech 12:10 ↩
  83. 83. Joel 2:28 Lit flesh ↩
  84. 84. Joel 2:28 Is 40:5; 49:26 ↩
  85. 85. Joel 2:29 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28 ↩
  86. 86. Joel 2:30 Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24, 25; Luke 21:11, 25, 26; Acts 2:19 ↩
  87. 87. Joel 2:31 Is 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10; 3:15; Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Acts 2:20; Rev 6:12, 13 ↩
  88. 88. Joel 2:31 Is 13:9; Zeph 1:14-16; Mal 4:1, 5 ↩
  89. 89. Joel 2:32 Jer 33:3; Acts 2:21; Rom 10:13 ↩
  90. 90. Joel 2:32 Is 46:13; Rom 11:26 ↩
  91. 91. Joel 2:32 Is 4:2; Obad 17 ↩
  92. 92. Joel 2:32 Is 11:11; Jer 31:7; Mic 4:7; Rom 9:27 ↩

Commentaries on Joel 2

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