Joel 2:10

Before them the earth quaketh, the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

In Context

9They leap upon the city, they run upon the wall, they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

11And the LORD uttereth His voice before His army; for His camp is very great, for he is mighty that executeth His word; for great is the day of the LORD and very terrible; and who can abide it?

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Cross References

Psalms 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

Isaiah 34:4And all the host of heaven shall moulder away, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree.

Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Joel 2:31(3-4) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

Joel 3:15(4-15) The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.

Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:2-12

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 720.) 1 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; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them… Read the whole commentary →

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