Joel 2:30
I will do unusual/amazing things on the earth and in the sky. On the earth [CHI], there will be much blood shed and there will be very large fires and smoke that resembles huge clouds.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
In Context
29At that time, I will give my Spirit even to servants, both men and women.
Cross References
Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and he was surprised to see that all over the valley, smoke was rising, like the smoke of a huge furnace.
Song of Solomon 3:6Who is it that is coming from the desert, who is stirring up dust like a column of smoke from burning myrrh and incense made from spices imported by merchants?
Mark 13:24After the time when people suffer like that, the sun will become dark, the moon will not shine,
Luke 21:25“There will also be strange things that will happen to the sun, the moon, and the stars. In many nations, people will be very frightened, and they will be anxious when they hear the ocean roaring and see huge waves.
Revelation 6:12I saw that when the one who is like a lamb opened the sixth seal, the earth shook violently. The sun became as black as cloth made ◄of black wool/of pitch►. The whole moon became red [SIM] like blood.
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 →