Joel 2:6

At their presence people are in anguish 1 and all their faces become pale. 1

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In The King James Version

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

In Context

5They jump with a noise like that of chariots on the tops of the mountains, 1 like the noise of fiery flames that devour the stubble, 1 like a mighty army ready for battle. 1

7They run like mighty warriors; 1 they climb the walls like soldiers; 1 they march, every one in step, 1 and do not break their ranks. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:8They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor. 1 They will look in astonishment at one another; their faces will be aflame. 1

Jeremiah 30:6Ask and see if a man bears a child. 1 Why do I see every young man with his hand on his loins like a woman bearing a child? 1 Why have all their faces become pale? 1

Nahum 2:10Nineveh is empty and ruined. Everyone's heart melts, everyone's knees strike together, 1 and anguish is in everyone; their faces are all pale. 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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