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Title:       Old Testament, The
Book:        Joel
Author:      Various
Date:        1885

Chapter 2

     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 Jehovah cometh, for it
is nigh at hand; a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick
darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong;
there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even
to the years of many generations.  A 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 none hath escaped them.

     The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as ^1
horsemen, so do they run.  Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the
mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the
stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.  At their presence the
peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.  They run like mighty men;
they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and
they break not their ranks.  Neither doth one thrust another; they march every
one in his path; and ^2 they burst through the weapons, and ^3 break not off
their course.  They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up
into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.  The earth quaketh
before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the
stars withdraw their shining.  And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army;
for his camp is very great; for he is strong that executeth his word; for the
day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

[Footnote 1: Or, war-horses]

[Footnote 2: Or, when they fall around the weapons, they &c.]

[Footnote 3: Or, are not wounded]

     Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and
with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and
not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of
the evil.  Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a
blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah
your God?

     Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly; gather
the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the ^4 old men, gather the
children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from
his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.  Let the priests, the ministers
of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy
people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations
should ^5 rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where
is their God?

[Footnote 4: Or, elders]

[Footnote 5: Or, use a byword against them]

     Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.  And
Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and
new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more
make you a reproach among the nations; but I will remove far off from you the
northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, ^6 its
forepart ^7 into the eastern sea, and its hinder part ^7 into the western sea;
and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath
done great things.

[Footnote 6: Or, with its forepart]

[Footnote 7: Or, toward]

     Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great
things.  Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the
wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the
vine do yield their strength.  Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice
in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain ^8 in just measure, and
he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain,
^9 in the first month.  And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats
shall overflow with new wine and oil.  And I will restore to you the years
that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the
palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.  And ye shall eat in plenty
and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath
dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame. And ye
shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God,
and there is none else; and my people shall never be put to shame.

[Footnote 8: Or, in (or, for) righteousness]

[Footnote 9: Or, at the first]

     And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon
all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall
dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: and a
so upon the servants and
upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.  And I will show
wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of
smoke.  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.  And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount
Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said,
and ^1 among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.

[Footnote 1: Or, in the remnant whom &c.]