Joel 2:10

Earth trembles before them, the sky quakes, the sun and moon become dark, and the stars withdraw their shining;

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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 scour the city, they run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. Like a thief they enter the windows.

11and the Lord utters his voice before his army, for his host is exceedingly great. Mighty is he who performs his word. For great is the day of the Lord, it is terrible, who can endure it?

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Cross References

Psalms 114:7Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

Joel 2:31The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

Joel 3:15Sun and moon have turned dark, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.

Nahum 1:5The mountains tremble before him and the hills dissolve. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.

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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