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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

In Context

30(3-3) And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

32(3-5) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as the LORD hath said, and among the remnant those whom the LORD shall call.

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Cross References

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.

Joel 3:1(4-1) For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

Zephaniah 1:14The great day of the LORD is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD, wherein the mighty man crieth bitterly.

Malachi 4:5(3-23) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD.

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 →

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