Joel 2:31

(3:4) The sun shall be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord, the great and the terrible.

Leeser Tanakh

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 display wonderful tokens in the heavens and on 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 escape; for on mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and among the remnant whom the Lord calleth.

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Cross References

Isaiah 34:4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together like a book: and all their host shall wither, as the leaf withereth from the vine, and as withering fruit from the fig-tree.

Joel 3:1(4:1) For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I will cause to return the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

Zephaniah 1:14Nigh is the great day of the Lord, it is nigh, and hasteneth greatly, [there is] the noise of the day of the Lord: bitterly crieth there the mighty man.

Malachi 4:5(3:23) Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the day of the Lord, the great and the dreadful.

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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