Joel 2:1

Blow ye the shofar in Tziyon, 1 and sound an alarm on My Har Kodesh; 1 let all the yoshvei ha'aretz tremble; 1 for the Yom Hashem cometh, 1 for it is near at hand; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

2A day of choshech and of gloominess, 1 a day of anan (cloud) and of thick darkness, 1 as the shachar (dawn) spread upon the mountains; 1 an am rav (great people, army) and strong; 1 there hath not been ever the like, 1 neither shall be any more after it, 1 even to the years of dor v'dor. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 10:2Make thee two khatzotzerot (trumpets) of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them; that thou mayest use them for the calling of the Edah, and for the setting out of the machanot.

Numbers 10:5When ye sound a teruah, then the machanot that camp on the east shall go forward.

Ezra 9:3And when I heard this thing, I made keriah of my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down appalled.

Psalms 119:120My basar trembleth for fear of Thee; 1 and I am afraid of Thy mishpatim. ע AYIN 1

Isaiah 13:6Wail ye; for the Yom Hashem is karov (near); 1 it shall come like shod (sudden destruction) from Shaddai. 1

Isaiah 66:2For all those things hath Mine hand made, 1 and so came they all into being, 1 saith Hashem; 1 but to this man will I look, 1 even to him that is oni and of a contrite ruach, 1 and trembleth at My Devar. 1

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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