Joel 2:1

Blow 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!

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In The King James Version

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

In Context

2It's a gloomy day of darkness, a day of thick clouds and heavy shadows. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, an army appears, so large and powerful that there has never ever been anything like it before, nor will there ever be anything like it again.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:2“Make two trumpets out of hammered silver. They are to be used for summoning the Israelites and to have the camp move out.

Numbers 10:5When you blow the trumpet loudly, which is the alarm signal to move out, the camps on the east side are to march out first.

Ezra 9:3When I heard about this, I tore my clothes, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down, absolutely appalled.

Psalms 119:120I have goose bumps thinking of you—I'm in awe! I'm scared of your judgments!

Isaiah 13:6Howl in fear, for the day of the Lord is approaching—the time when the Almighty destroys.

Isaiah 66:2I made everything; that's how it all came into existence, says the Lord. Those I look favorably on are humble and repentant, and they tremble when I speak.

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:1

In this chapter we have, I. A further description of that terrible desolation which should be made in the land of Judah by the locusts and caterpillars, ver. 1-11 . II. A serious call to the people, when they are under this sore judgment, to return and repent, to fast and pray, and to seek unto God for mercy, with directions how to do this aright, ver. 12-17 . III. A promise that, upon their repentance, God would remove the judgment, would repair the breaches made upon them by it, and restore unto them plenty of… Read the whole commentary →

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