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Joel 2:1 KJV
Joel · chapter 2 · verse 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;Joel 2:1 · King James Version
Joel 2:1 in context
1Blow 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;
2A 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.
3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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Key words (Strong's)
- inhabitantsyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- trumpetshôwphâra cornet or curved hornH7782 →
- tremblerâgazto quiverH7264 →
- alarmrûwaʻto marH7321 →
- Blowtâqaʻto clatterH8628 →
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Here we have God contending with his own professing people for their sins and executing upon them the judgment written in the law (Deu 28:42), The fruit of thy land shall the locust consume, which was one of those diseases of Egypt that God would bring upon them, Deu 28:60. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11