Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30And I will shew wonders in heaven; and in earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.
Cross References
Isaiah 34:4And all the host of the heavens shall pine away, and the heavens shall be folded together as a book: and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falleth from the vine, and from the fig tree.
Joel 3:1For behold in those days, and in that time when I shall bring back the captivity of Juda and Jerusalem:
Zephaniah 1:14The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and exceeding swift: the voice of the day of the Lord is bitter, the mighty man shall there meet with tribulation.
Malachi 4:5Behold I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.
Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of 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 →