Joel 2:31

In the sky, the sun will become dark and the moon will become as red as [MET] blood. Those things will happen before that great and terrible day when I, Yahweh, appear.

Translation for Translators

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

30I 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.

32But at that time I will save everyone who worships me. I promise that some people in Jerusalem [DOU] will escape those disasters; those whom I have chosen will survive.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 34:4The sky will disappear like [SIM] a scroll that is rolled up and thrown away. Stars will fall from the sky like [SIM] withered leaves fall from grapevines, or like [SIM] shriveled figs fall from fig trees.

Joel 3:1Yahweh says this: “At that time [DOU], I will enable the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to prosper again.

Zephaniah 1:14It will soon be the day/time when Yahweh will punish people. It will be here quickly. It will be a time when people cry bitterly, a time when even brave soldiers will cry loudly.

Malachi 4:5Listen to this: Some day I will send to you the prophet Elijah. He will arrive before the great and dreadful/terrible day when I, Yahweh, will judge and punish people.

Matthew 27:45At noon it became dark over the whole land. It stayed dark until three o’clock in the afternoon.

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.

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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