Joel 3:4
The shemesh shall be turned into choshech, and the yarei'ach into dahm, before the great and terrible Yom Hashem comes.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3And I will show mofetim in the heavens and in the earth, dahm, and eish, and pillars of smoke.
Cross References
Judges 11:12And Yiftach sent malachim unto the melech Bnei Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
2 Chronicles 28:17For again the people of Edom had come and attacked Yehudah, and carried away prisoners.
Isaiah 34:8For it is the Yom Nakam L' Hashem (Day of Vengeance unto Hashem ), 1 and the Shnat Shillumim (Year of Retributions) for the cause of Tziyon. 1
Jeremiah 47:4Because of the Yom HaBah 1 for destroying all the Pelishtim (Philistines), 1 and to cut off from Tzor and Tzidon 1 every helper that remaineth; 1 for Hashem will destroy the Pelishtim (Philistines), 1 the remnant of the coast of Caphtor. 1
Ezekiel 25:12Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Because Edom hath dealt against the Bais Yehudah by taking vengeance, and with great asham (guilt) offended, and revenged himself upon them;
Joel 2:10The eretz shall quake before them; 1 the Shomayim shall tremble; 1 the shemesh and the yarei'ach shall be dark, 1 and the kokhavim shall withdraw their shining; 1
Matthew Henry on Joel 3:2-9
Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4… Read the whole commentary →