Joel 2:10
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
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Psalms 114:7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Isaiah 34:4All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and make its stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon won’t give its light.
Joel 2:31The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
Joel 3:15The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
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 →