Joel 1:15
Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it commeth as a destruction from the Almightie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16Is not the meate cut off before our eyes? and ioy, and gladnesse from the house of our God?
Cross References
Isaiah 13:6Howle you, for the day of the Lord is at hande: it shall come as a destroier from the Almightie.
Ezekiel 7:2Also thou sonne of man, thus saith the Lord God, An ende is come vnto the lande of Israel: the ende is come vpon the foure corners of the lande.
Ezekiel 7:7The morning is come vnto thee, that dwellest in the lande: the time is come, the day of trouble is neere, and not the sounding againe of the mountaines.
Ezekiel 7:12The time is come, the day draweth neere: let not the byer reioyce, nor let him that selleth, mourne: for the wrath is vpon al the multitude thereof.
Joel 2:1Blowe the trumpet in Zion, and shoute in mine holy mountaine: let all the inhabitants of the lande tremble: for the day of the Lord is come: for it is at hand.
Joel 2:31The sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
Matthew Henry on Joel 1:15-20
Threatenings of Judgment; A Proclamation for a Fast. ( b. c. 720.) 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord , 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are… Read the whole commentary →