Joel 2:10

The earth shakes in front of them, 1 the heavens tremble, 1 the sun and the moon are darkened, 1 and the stars stop shining. 1

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The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

In Context

9They rush on the city, 1 they run on the wall, 1 they climb in the houses, 1 and they go through the windows like thieves. 1

11Yahweh raises his voice in front of his army, 1 for his warriors are very numerous; 1 for they are strong, those who carry out his commands. 1 For the day of Yahweh is great and very terrible. 1 Who can survive it? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 114:7Tremble, earth, before the Lord, 1 at the presence of the God of Jacob. 1

Isaiah 34:4All the stars of the sky will fade away, 1 and the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; and all their stars will fade away, 1 as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as the overripe figs from the fig tree. 1

Ezekiel 32:7Then when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; 1 I will cover the sun with clouds, and the moon will not shine its light. 1

Joel 2:31The sun will turn into darkness 1 and the moon into blood, 1 before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. 1

Joel 3:15The sun and the moon become dark, 1 the stars keep back their brightness. 1

Nahum 1:5The mountains shake in his presence, and the hills melt; 1 the earth collapses in his presence, indeed, the world and all people who live in it. 1

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:2-12

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 720.) 1 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; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them… Read the whole commentary →

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