Joel 2:1
Blow 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!
Young's Literal Translation
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Cross References
Numbers 10:2'Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps;
Numbers 10:5'And ye have blown — a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.
Ezra 9:3And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,
Psalms 119:120Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.
Isaiah 66:2And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
Matthew Henry on Joel 2:1
In this chapter we have, I. A further description of that terrible desolation which should be made in the land of Judah by the locusts and caterpillars, ver. 1-11 . II. A serious call to the people, when they are under this sore judgment, to return and repent, to fast and pray, and to seek unto God for mercy, with directions how to do this aright, ver. 12-17 . III. A promise that, upon their repentance, God would remove the judgment, would repair the breaches made upon them by it, and restore unto them plenty of… Read the whole commentary →