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WEB·Joel 2

¹Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:

KJVBlow^H8628^(H8798) ye the trumpet^H7782 in Zion^H6726, and sound an alarm^H7321^(H8685) in my holy^H6944 mountain^H2022: let all the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776 tremble^H7264^(H8799): for the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 cometh^H935^(H8804), for it is nigh at hand^H7138;

² A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

KJVA day^H3117 of darkness^H2822 and of gloominess^H653, a day^H3117 of clouds^H6051 and of thick darkness^H6205, as the morning^H7837 spread^H6566^(H8803) upon the mountains^H2022: a great^H7227 people^H5971 and a strong^H6099; there hath not been^H1961^(H8738) ever^H5769 the like, neither shall be any more^H3254^(H8686) after^H310 it, even to the years^H8141 of many^H1755 generations^H1755.

³ A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

KJVA fire^H784 devoureth^H398^(H8804) before^H6440 them; and behind^H310 them a flame^H3852 burneth^H3857^(H8762): the land^H776 is as the garden^H1588 of Eden^H5731 before^H6440 them, and behind^H310 them a desolate^H8077 wilderness^H4057; yea, and nothing shall escape^H6413 them.

⁴ Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.

KJVThe appearance^H4758 of them is as the appearance^H4758 of horses^H5483; and as horsemen^H6571, so shall they run^H7323^(H8799).

⁵ Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people set in battle array.

KJVLike the noise^H6963 of chariots^H4818 on the tops^H7218 of mountains^H2022 shall they leap^H7540^(H8762), like the noise^H6963 of a flame^H3851 of fire^H784 that devoureth^H398^(H8802) the stubble^H7179, as a strong^H6099 people^H5971 set in battle^H4421 array^H6186^(H8803).

⁶ At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.

KJVBefore their face^H6440 the people^H5971 shall be much pained^H2342^(H8799): all faces^H6440 shall gather^H6908^(H8765) blackness^H6289.

⁷ They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.

KJVThey shall run^H7323^(H8799) like mighty men^H1368; they shall climb^H5927^(H8799) the wall^H2346 like men^H582 of war^H4421; and they shall march^H3212^(H8799) every one^H376 on his ways^H1870, and they shall not break^H5670^(H8762) their ranks^H734:

⁸ One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.

KJVNeither shall one^H376 thrust^H1766^(H8799) another^H251; they shall walk^H3212^(H8799) every one^H1397 in his path^H4546: and when they fall^H5307^(H8799) upon the sword^H7973, they shall not be wounded^H1214^(H8799).

⁹ They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

KJVThey shall run to and fro^H8264^(H8799) in the city^H5892; they shall run^H7323^(H8799) upon the wall^H2346, they shall climb up^H5927^(H8799) upon the houses^H1004; they shall enter in^H935^(H8799) at the windows^H2474 like a thief^H1590.

¹⁰ The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

KJVThe earth^H776 shall quake^H7264^(H8804) before^H6440 them; the heavens^H8064 shall tremble^H7493^(H8804): the sun^H8121 and the moon^H3394 shall be dark^H6937^(H8804), and the stars^H3556 shall withdraw^H622^(H8804) their shining^H5051:

¹¹ Yahweh thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 shall utter^H5414^(H8804) his voice^H6963 before^H6440 his army^H2428: for his camp^H4264 is very^H3966 great^H7227: for he is strong^H6099 that executeth^H6213^(H8802) his word^H1697: for the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 is great^H1419 and very^H3966 terrible^H3372^(H8737); and who can abide^H3557^(H8686) it?

¹² “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

KJVTherefore also now, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, turn^H7725^(H8798) ye even to me with all your heart^H3824, and with fasting^H6685, and with weeping^H1065, and with mourning^H4553:

¹³ Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

KJVAnd rend^H7167^(H8798) your heart^H3824, and not your garments^H899, and turn^H7725^(H8798) unto the LORD^H3068 your God^H430: for he is gracious^H2587 and merciful^H7349, slow^H750 to anger^H639, and of great^H7227 kindness^H2617, and repenteth^H5162^(H8737) him of the evil^H7451.

¹⁴ Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

KJVWho knoweth^H3045^(H8802) if he will return^H7725^(H8799) and repent^H5162^(H8738), and leave^H7604^(H8689) a blessing^H1293 behind^H310 him; even a meat offering^H4503 and a drink offering^H5262 unto the LORD^H3068 your God^H430?

¹⁵ Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

KJVBlow^H8628^(H8798) the trumpet^H7782 in Zion^H6726, sanctify^H6942^(H8761) a fast^H6685, call^H7121^(H8798) a solemn assembly^H6116:

¹⁶ Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber.

KJVGather^H622^(H8798) the people^H5971, sanctify^H6942^(H8761) the congregation^H6951, assemble^H6908^(H8798) the elders^H2205, gather^H622^(H8798) the children^H5768, and those that suck^H3243^(H8802) the breasts^H7699: let the bridegroom^H2860 go forth^H3318^(H8799) of his chamber^H2315, and the bride^H3618 out of her closet^H2646.

¹⁷ Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

KJVLet the priests^H3548, the ministers^H8334^(H8764) of the LORD^H3068, weep^H1058^(H8799) between the porch^H197 and the altar^H4196, and let them say^H559^(H8799), Spare^H2347^(H8798) thy people^H5971, O LORD^H3068, and give^H5414^(H8799) not thine heritage^H5159 to reproach^H2781, that the heathen^H1471 should rule over^H4910^(H8800) them: wherefore should they say^H559^(H8799) among the people^H5971, Where is their God^H430?

¹⁸ Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

KJVThen will the LORD^H3068 be jealous^H7065^(H8762) for his land^H776, and pity^H2550^(H8799) his people^H5971.

¹⁹ Yahweh answered his people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.

KJVYea, the LORD^H3068 will answer^H6030^(H8799) and say^H559^(H8799) unto his people^H5971, Behold, I will send^H7971^(H8802) you corn^H1715, and wine^H8492, and oil^H3323, and ye shall be satisfied^H7646^(H8804) therewith: and I will no more make^H5414^(H8799) you a reproach^H2781 among the heathen^H1471:

²⁰ But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things.

KJVBut I will remove far off^H7368^(H8686) from you the northern^H6830 army, and will drive^H5080^(H8689) him into a land^H776 barren^H6723 and desolate^H8077, with his face^H6440 toward the east^H6931 sea^H3220, and his hinder part^H5490 toward the utmost^H314 sea^H3220, and his stink^H889 shall come up^H5927^(H8804), and his ill savour^H6709 shall come up^H5927^(H8799), because he hath done^H6213^(H8800) great things^H1431^(H8689).

²¹ Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

KJVFear^H3372^(H8799) not, O land^H127; be glad^H1523^(H8798) and rejoice^H8055^(H8798): for the LORD^H3068 will do^H6213^(H8800) great things^H1431^(H8689).

²² Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

KJVBe not afraid^H3372^(H8799), ye beasts^H929 of the field^H7704: for the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057 do spring^H1876^(H8804), for the tree^H6086 beareth^H5375^(H8804) her fruit^H6529, the fig tree^H8384 and the vine^H1612 do yield^H5414^(H8804) their strength^H2428.

²³ “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

KJVBe glad^H1523^(H8798) then, ye children^H1121 of Zion^H6726, and rejoice^H8055^(H8798) in the LORD^H3068 your God^H430: for he hath given^H5414^(H8804) you the former rain^H4175 moderately^H6666, and he will cause to come down^H3381^(H8686) for you the rain^H1653, the former rain^H4175, and the latter rain^H4456 in the first^H7223 month.

²⁴ The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

KJVAnd the floors^H1637 shall be full^H4390^(H8804) of wheat^H1250, and the fats^H3342 shall overflow^H7783^(H8689) with wine^H8492 and oil^H3323.

²⁵ I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

KJVAnd I will restore^H7999^(H8765) to you the years^H8141 that the locust^H697 hath eaten^H398^(H8804), the cankerworm^H3218, and the caterpiller^H2625, and the palmerworm^H1501, my great^H1419 army^H2428 which I sent^H7971^(H8765) among you.

²⁶ You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.

KJVAnd ye shall eat^H398^(H8804) in plenty^H398^(H8800), and be satisfied^H7646^(H8800), and praise^H1984^(H8765) the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, that hath dealt^H6213^(H8804) wondrously^H6381^(H8687) with you: and my people^H5971 shall never^H5769 be ashamed^H954^(H8799).

²⁷ You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.

KJVAnd ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that I am in the midst^H7130 of Israel^H3478, and that I am the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, and none else: and my people^H5971 shall never^H5769 be ashamed^H954^(H8799).

²⁸ “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

KJVAnd it shall come to pass afterward^H310, that I will pour out^H8210^(H8799) my spirit^H7307 upon all flesh^H1320; and your sons^H1121 and your daughters^H1323 shall prophesy^H5012^(H8738), your old men^H2205 shall dream^H2492^(H8799) dreams^H2472, your young men^H970 shall see^H7200^(H8799) visions^H2384:

²⁹ And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

KJVAnd also upon the servants^H5650 and upon the handmaids^H8198 in those days^H3117 will I pour out^H8210^(H8799) my spirit^H7307.

³⁰ I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

KJVAnd I will shew^H5414^(H8804) wonders^H4159 in the heavens^H8064 and in the earth^H776, blood^H1818, and fire^H784, and pillars^H8490 of smoke^H6227.

³¹ The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

KJVThe sun^H8121 shall be turned^H2015^(H8735) into darkness^H2822, and the moon^H3394 into blood^H1818, before^H6440 the great^H1419 and the terrible^H3372^(H8737) day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 come^H935^(H8800).

³² It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call^H7121^(H8799) on the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068 shall be delivered^H4422^(H8735): for in mount^H2022 Zion^H6726 and in Jerusalem^H3389 shall be deliverance^H6413, as the LORD^H3068 hath said^H559^(H8804), and in the remnant^H8300 whom the LORD^H3068 shall call^H7121^(H8802).

WEB·Joel 1

¹Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

KJVThe word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 that came to Joel^H3100 the son^H1121 of Pethuel^H6602.

² Hear this, you elders, and listen, all you inhabitants of the land! Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) this, ye old men^H2205, and give ear^H238^(H8685), all ye inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776. Hath this been in your days^H3117, or even^H518 in the days^H3117 of your fathers^H1?

³ Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

KJVTell^H5608^(H8761) ye your children^H1121 of it, and let your children^H1121 tell their children^H1121, and their children^H1121 another^H312 generation^H1755.

⁴ What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.

KJVThat which the palmerworm^H1501 hath left^H3499 hath the locust^H697 eaten^H398^(H8804); and that which the locust^H697 hath left^H3499 hath the cankerworm^H3218 eaten^H398^(H8804); and that which the cankerworm^H3218 hath left^H3499 hath the caterpiller^H2625 eaten^H398^(H8804).

⁵ Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

KJVAwake^H6974^(H8685), ye drunkards^H7910, and weep^H1058^(H8798); and howl^H3213^(H8685), all ye drinkers^H8354^(H8802) of wine^H3196, because of the new wine^H6071; for it is cut off^H3772^(H8738) from your mouth^H6310.

⁶ For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

KJVFor a nation^H1471 is come up^H5927^(H8804) upon my land^H776, strong^H6099, and without number^H4557, whose teeth^H8127 are the teeth^H8127 of a lion^H738, and he hath the cheek teeth^H4973 of a great lion^H3833.

⁷ He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.

KJVHe hath laid^H7760^(H8804) my vine^H1612 waste^H8047, and barked^H7111 my fig tree^H8384: he hath made it clean^H2834^(H8800) bare^H2834^(H8804), and cast it away^H7993^(H8689); the branches^H8299 thereof are made white^H3835^(H8689).

⁸ Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

KJVLament^H421^(H8798) like a virgin^H1330 girded^H2296^(H8803) with sackcloth^H8242 for the husband^H1167 of her youth^H5271.

⁹ The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.

KJVThe meat offering^H4503 and the drink offering^H5262 is cut off^H3772^(H8717) from the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068; the priests^H3548, the LORD'S^H3068 ministers^H8334^(H8764), mourn^H56^(H8804).

¹⁰ The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.

KJVThe field^H7704 is wasted^H7703^(H8795), the land^H127 mourneth^H56^(H8804); for the corn^H1715 is wasted^H7703^(H8795): the new wine^H8492 is dried up^H3001^(H8689), the oil^H3323 languisheth^H535^(H8797).

¹¹ Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.

KJVBe ye ashamed^H3001^(H8685), O ye husbandmen^H406; howl^H3213^(H8685), O ye vinedressers^H3755, for the wheat^H2406 and for the barley^H8184; because the harvest^H7105 of the field^H7704 is perished^H6^(H8804).

¹² The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered— the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.

KJVThe vine^H1612 is dried up^H3001^(H8689), and the fig tree^H8384 languisheth^H535^(H8797); the pomegranate^H7416 tree, the palm tree^H8558 also, and the apple tree^H8598, even all the trees^H6086 of the field^H7704, are withered^H3001^(H8804): because joy^H8342 is withered away^H3001^(H8689) from the sons^H1121 of men^H120.

¹³ Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.

KJVGird^H2296^(H8798) yourselves, and lament^H5594^(H8798), ye priests^H3548: howl^H3213^(H8685), ye ministers^H8334^(H8764) of the altar^H4196: come^H935^(H8798), lie all night^H3885^(H8798) in sackcloth^H8242, ye ministers^H8334^(H8764) of my God^H430: for the meat offering^H4503 and the drink offering^H5262 is withholden^H4513^(H8738) from the house^H1004 of your God^H430.

¹⁴ Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.

KJVSanctify^H6942^(H8761) ye a fast^H6685, call^H7121^(H8798) a solemn assembly^H6116, gather^H622^(H8798) the elders^H2205 and all the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776 into the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, and cry^H2199^(H8798) unto the LORD^H3068,

¹⁵ Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

KJVAlas^H162 for the day^H3117! for the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 is at hand^H7138, and as a destruction^H7701 from the Almighty^H7706 shall it come^H935^(H8799).

¹⁶ Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

KJVIs not the meat^H400 cut off^H3772^(H8738) before our eyes^H5869, yea, joy^H8057 and gladness^H1524 from the house^H1004 of our God^H430?

¹⁷ The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

KJVThe seed^H6507 is rotten^H5685^(H8804) under their clods^H4053, the garners^H214 are laid desolate^H8074^(H8738), the barns^H4460 are broken down^H2040^(H8738); for the corn^H1715 is withered^H3001^(H8689).

¹⁸ How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

KJVHow do the beasts^H929 groan^H584^(H8737)! the herds^H5739 of cattle^H1241 are perplexed^H943^(H8738), because they have no pasture^H4829; yea, the flocks^H5739 of sheep^H6629 are made desolate^H816^(H8738).

¹⁹ Yahweh, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

KJVO LORD^H3068, to thee will I cry^H7121^(H8799): for the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398^(H8804) the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057, and the flame^H3852 hath burned^H3857^(H8765) all the trees^H6086 of the field^H7704.

²⁰ Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

KJVThe beasts^H929 of the field^H7704 cry^H6165^(H8799) also unto thee: for the rivers^H650 of waters^H4325 are dried up^H3001^(H8804), and the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398^(H8804) the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057.

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