Joel 2:3

A fire is consuming everything in front of it, 1 and behind it a flame is burning. 1 The land is like the garden of Eden in front of it, 1 but behind it there is a ruined wilderness. 1 Indeed, nothing will escape from it. 1

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A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

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

4The army's appearance is like horses, 1 and they run like horsemen. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 2:8Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Exodus 10:5They will cover the surface of the ground so that no one will be able to see the earth. They will eat the remains of whatever escaped from the hail. They will also eat every tree that grows for you in the fields.

Psalms 50:3Our God comes and does not stay silent; 1 a fire devours before him, 1 and it is very stormy around him. 1

Isaiah 33:4Your spoil is gathered as the locusts gather; as locusts leap, men leap on it. 1

Jeremiah 5:17So your harvest will be consumed, your sons and daughters also, and your food. 1 They will eat your flocks and cattle; they will eat the fruit from your vines and fig trees. 1 They will beat down with a sword your fortified cities that you trusted in.

Joel 1:4What the swarming locust has left the great locust has eaten; 1 what the great locust has left the grasshopper has eaten; 1 and what the grasshopper has left the caterpillar has eaten. 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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