Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet in Zion, 1 and sound an alarm on my holy mountain! 1 Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble in fear, 1 for the day of Yahweh is coming; 1 indeed, it is near. 1

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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

2It is a day of darkness and gloom, 1 a day of clouds and thick darkness. 1 Like the dawn that spreads on the mountains, 1 a large and mighty army is approaching. 1 There has never been an army like it, 1 and there never will be again, 1 even after many generations. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 10:2“Make two silver trumpets. Hammer the silver to make them. You must use the trumpets to call the community together and to call the community to move their camps.

Numbers 10:5When you blow a loud signal, the camps on the east side must begin their journey.

Ezra 9:3When I heard this, I tore apart my clothing and robe and pulled out hair from my head and beard, and I sat down, devastated.

Psalms 119:120My body trembles in fear of you, 1 and I am afraid of your righteous decrees. AYIN 1

Isaiah 13:6Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty. 1

Isaiah 66:2My hand has made all these things; that is how these things came to be—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 This is the man of whom I approve, the broken and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my word. 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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