Joel 1:15
What a terrible day! For the day of the Lord is near, it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Isaiah 13:6Howl in fear, for the day of the Lord is approaching—the time when the Almighty destroys.
Ezekiel 7:2“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the people living in Israel: The end is here! The end has arrived throughout the country.
Ezekiel 7:7You people living in the land, the consequences of your actions have come full circle. The time has come, the day is near— shouts of panic on the mountains and not shouts of joy.
Ezekiel 7:12The time has come; the day is here! Buyers, don't celebrate thinking you'll get a good deal; sellers, don't cry thinking you're going to make a loss—because punishment is coming to everyone.
Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all who live in the land tremble for the day of the Lord is coming—it's definitely near!
Joel 2:31The sun will turn dark, and the moon will turn red like blood at the coming of the great and fearful day of the Lord.”
Matthew Henry on Joel 1:15-20
Threatenings of Judgment; A Proclamation for a Fast. ( b. c. 720.) 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord , 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are… Read the whole commentary →