Joel 1:15

And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near [is] a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

In Context

14Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders — all the inhabitants of the land, [Into] the house of Jehovah your God,

16Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

Ezekiel 7:2An end, come hath the end on the four corners of the land.

Ezekiel 7:7Come hath the morning unto thee, O inhabitant of the land! Come hath the time, near [is] a day of trouble, And not the shouting of mountains.

Ezekiel 7:12Come hath the time, arrived hath the day, The buyer doth not rejoice, And the seller doth not become a mourner, For wrath [is] unto all its multitude.

Joel 2:1Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for [it is] near!

Joel 2:31The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

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 →

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