Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord shall arrive.
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In Context
30And I will grant wonders in the sky and on earth: blood and fire and the vapor of smoke.
Cross References
Isaiah 34:4And the entire army of the heavens will languish, and the heavens will be folded like a book. And their entire army will fall away, as a leaf falls from the vine or from the fig tree.
Joel 3:1For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will have converted the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Zephaniah 1:14The great day of the Lord is near; it is near and exceedingly swift. The voice of the day of the Lord is bitter; the strong will be tested there.
Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send to you Elijah the prophet, before the arrival of the great and terrible day of the Lord.
Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the entire earth, even until the ninth hour.
Luke 21:25And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars. And there will be, on earth, distress among the Gentiles, out of confusion at the roaring of the sea and of the waves:
Matthew Henry on Joel 2:29-32
Promise of Mercy. ( b. c. 720.) 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the… Read the whole commentary →