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World English Bible

Joel 2 (WEBP)

[1] Blow 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:
[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.
[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.
[4] Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.
[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.
[6] At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
[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.
[8] One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.
[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.
[10] The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
[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?
[12] “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
[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.
[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.
[15] Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
[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.
[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?’”
[18] Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
[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.
[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.
[21] Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
[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.
[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.
[24] The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[29] And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
[30] I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
[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.

Joel 2:19 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Joel 2 (KJVS)

[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;
[2] a 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.
[3] 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 nothing shall escape them.
[4] The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. ()
[5] Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, () like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth () the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. ()
[6] Before their face the people shall be much pained: () all faces shall gather () blackness.
[7] They shall run () like mighty men; they shall climb () the wall like men of war; and they shall march () every one on his ways, and they shall not break () their ranks:
[8] neither shall one thrust () another; they shall walk () every one in his path: and when they fall () upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. ()
[9] They shall run to and fro () in the city; they shall run () upon the wall, they shall climb up () upon the houses; they shall enter in () at the windows like a thief.
[10] The earth shall quake () before them; the heavens shall tremble: () the sun and the moon shall be dark, () and the stars shall withdraw () their shining:
[11] and the Lord shall utter () his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth () his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; () and who can abide () it?
[12] Therefore also now, saith () the Lord, turn () ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
[13] and rend () your heart, and not your garments, and turn () unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth () him of the evil.
[14] Who knoweth () if he will return () and repent, () and leave () a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?
[15] Blow () the trumpet in Zion, sanctify () a fast, call () a solemn assembly:
[16] gather () the people, sanctify () the congregation, assemble () the elders, gather () the children, and those that suck () the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth () of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
[17] Let the priests, the ministers () of the Lord, weep () between the porch and the altar, and let them say, () Spare () thy people, O Lord, and give () not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over () them: wherefore should they say () among the people, Where is their God?
[18] Then will the Lord be jealous () for his land, and pity () his people.
[19] Yea, the Lord will answer () and say () unto his people, Behold, I will send () you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied () therewith: and I will no more make () you a reproach among the heathen:
[20] but I will remove far off () from you the northern army, and will drive () him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, () and his ill savour shall come up, () because he hath done () great things. ()
[21] Fear () not, O land; be glad () and rejoice: () for the Lord will do () great things. ()
[22] Be not afraid, () ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, () for the tree beareth () her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield () their strength.
[23] Be glad () then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice () in the Lord your God: for he hath given () you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down () for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
[24] And the floors shall be full () of wheat, and the fats shall overflow () with wine and oil.
[25] And I will restore () to you the years that the locust hath eaten, () the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent () among you.
[26] And ye shall eat () in plenty, () and be satisfied, () and praise () the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt () wondrously () with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. ()
[27] And ye shall know () that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. ()
[28] 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:
[29] and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out () my spirit.
[30] And I will shew () wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun shall be turned () into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible () day of the Lord come. ()
[32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call () on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: () for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, () and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. ()

Joel 2:1 Or, cornet
Joel 2:2 Heb. of generation and generation
Joel 2:6 Heb. pot
Joel 2:8 Or, dart
Joel 2:17 Or, use a byword against them
Joel 2:20 Heb. he hath magnified to do
Joel 2:23a Or, a teacher of righteousness
Joel 2:23b Heb. according to righteousness

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Joel 2 (BYZ)

[1] Σαλπίσατε () σάλπιγγι () ἐν () Σιων, () κηρύξατε () ἐν () ὄρει () ἁγίῳ () μου, () καὶ () συγχυθήτωσαν () πάντες () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () τὴν () γῆν, () διότι () πάρεστιν () ἡμέρα () κυρίου, () ὅτι () ἐγγύς, ()
[2] ἡμέρα () σκότους () καὶ () γνόφου, () ἡμέρα () νεφέλης () καὶ () ὁμίχλης. Ὡς () ὄρθρος () χυθήσεται ἐπὶ () τὰ () ὄρη () λαὸς () πολὺς () καὶ () ἰσχυρός· () ὅμοιος () αὐτῷ () οὐ () γέγονεν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () αἰῶνος () καὶ () μετ’ () αὐτὸν () οὐ () προστεθήσεται () ἕως () ἐτῶν () εἰς () γενεὰς () γενεῶν. ()
[3] Τὰ () ἔμπροσθεν () αὐτοῦ () πῦρ () ἀναλίσκον, () καὶ () τὰ () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () ἀναπτομένη () φλόξ· () ὡς () παράδεισος () τρυφῆς () ἡ () γῆ () πρὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () τὰ () ὄπισθεν () αὐτοῦ () πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ, () καὶ () ἀνασῳζόμενος οὐκ () ἔσται () αὐτῷ. ()
[4] Ὡς () ὅρασις () ἵππων () ἡ () ὄψις () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ὡς () ἱππεῖς () οὕτως () καταδιώξονται· ()
[5] ὡς () φωνὴ () ἁρμάτων () ἐπὶ () τὰς () κορυφὰς τῶν () ὀρέων () ἐξαλοῦνται () καὶ () ὡς () φωνὴ () φλογὸς () πυρὸς () κατεσθιούσης () καλάμην () καὶ () ὡς () λαὸς () πολὺς () καὶ () ἰσχυρὸς () παρατασσόμενος εἰς () πόλεμον. ()
[6] Ἀπὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ () συντριβήσονται () λαοί, () πᾶν () πρόσωπον () ὡς () πρόσκαυμα χύτρας.
[7] Ὡς () μαχηταὶ δραμοῦνται () καὶ () ὡς () ἄνδρες () πολεμισταὶ ἀναβήσονται () ἐπὶ () τὰ () τείχη, () καὶ () ἕκαστος () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ () αὐτοῦ () πορεύσεται, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἐκκλίνωσιν () τὰς () τρίβους () αὐτῶν, ()
[8] καὶ () ἕκαστος () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἀφέξεται· καταβαρυνόμενοι () ἐν () τοῖς () ὅπλοις () αὐτῶν () πορεύσονται () καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () βέλεσιν () αὐτῶν () πεσοῦνται () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () συντελεσθῶσιν. ()
[9] Τῆς () πόλεως () ἐπιλήμψονται () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τῶν () τειχέων () δραμοῦνται () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () οἰκίας () ἀναβήσονται () καὶ () διὰ () θυρίδων () εἰσελεύσονται () ὡς () κλέπται. ()
[10] Πρὸ () προσώπου () αὐτῶν () συγχυθήσεται () ἡ () γῆ () καὶ () σεισθήσεται () ὁ () οὐρανός, () ὁ () ἥλιος () καὶ () ἡ () σελήνη () συσκοτάσουσιν, καὶ () τὰ () ἄστρα () δύσουσιν () τὸ () φέγγος () αὐτῶν. ()
[11] Καὶ () κύριος () δώσει () φωνὴν () αὐτοῦ () πρὸ () προσώπου () δυνάμεως () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () πολλή () ἐστιν () σφόδρα () ἡ () παρεμβολὴ () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἰσχυρὰ () ἔργα () λόγων () αὐτοῦ· () διότι () μεγάλη () ἡ () ἡμέρα () τοῦ () κυρίου, () μεγάλη () καὶ () ἐπιφανὴς () σφόδρα, () καὶ () τίς () ἔσται () ἱκανὸς () αὐτῇ; ()
[12] Καὶ () νῦν () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν () Ἐπιστράφητε () πρός () με () ἐξ () ὅλης () τῆς () καρδίας () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἐν () νηστείᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () κλαυθμῷ () καὶ () ἐν () κοπετῷ· ()
[13] καὶ () διαρρήξατε () τὰς () καρδίας () ὑμῶν () καὶ () μὴ () τὰ () ἱμάτια () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἐπιστράφητε () πρὸς () κύριον () τὸν () θεὸν () ὑμῶν, () ὅτι () ἐλεήμων () καὶ () οἰκτίρμων () ἐστίν, () μακρόθυμος καὶ () πολυέλεος καὶ () μετανοῶν () ἐπὶ () ταῖς () κακίαις. ()
[14] Τίς () οἶδεν () εἰ () ἐπιστρέψει () καὶ () μετανοήσει () καὶ () ὑπολείψεται () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () εὐλογίαν, () θυσίαν () καὶ () σπονδὴν κυρίῳ () τῷ () θεῷ () ἡμῶν; ()
[15] Σαλπίσατε () σάλπιγγι () ἐν () Σιων, () ἁγιάσατε () νηστείαν, () κηρύξατε () θεραπείαν, ()
[16] συναγάγετε () λαόν, () ἁγιάσατε () ἐκκλησίαν, () ἐκλέξασθε πρεσβυτέρους, () συναγάγετε () νήπια () θηλάζοντα () μαστούς, () ἐξελθάτω () νυμφίος () ἐκ () τοῦ () κοιτῶνος () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () νύμφη () ἐκ () τοῦ () παστοῦ αὐτῆς. ()
[17] Ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῆς () κρηπῖδος τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () κλαύσονται () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () οἱ () λειτουργοῦντες () κυρίῳ () καὶ () ἐροῦσιν () Φεῖσαι, () κύριε, () τοῦ () λαοῦ () σου () καὶ () μὴ () δῷς () τὴν () κληρονομίαν () σου () εἰς () ὄνειδος () τοῦ () κατάρξαι αὐτῶν () ἔθνη, () ὅπως () μὴ () εἴπωσιν ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν () Ποῦ () ἐστιν () ὁ () θεὸς () αὐτῶν; ()
[18] Καὶ () ἐζήλωσεν () κύριος () τὴν () γῆν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐφείσατο () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () κύριος () καὶ () εἶπεν τῷ () λαῷ () αὐτοῦ () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἐξαποστέλλω () ὑμῖν () τὸν () σῖτον () καὶ () τὸν () οἶνον () καὶ () τὸ () ἔλαιον, () καὶ () ἐμπλησθήσεσθε αὐτῶν, () καὶ () οὐ () δώσω () ὑμᾶς () οὐκέτι () εἰς () ὀνειδισμὸν () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσι· ()
[20] καὶ () τὸν () ἀπὸ () βορρᾶ () ἐκδιώξω () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἐξώσω () αὐτὸν () εἰς () γῆν () ἄνυδρον () καὶ () ἀφανιῶ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὴν () θάλασσαν () τὴν () πρώτην () καὶ () τὰ () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὴν () θάλασσαν () τὴν () ἐσχάτην, () καὶ () ἀναβήσεται () ἡ () σαπρία αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀναβήσεται () ὁ () βρόμος αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἐμεγάλυνεν () τὰ () ἔργα () αὐτοῦ. ()
[21] Θάρσει, () γῆ, () χαῖρε () καὶ () εὐφραίνου, () ὅτι () ἐμεγάλυνεν () κύριος () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι. ()
[22] Θαρσεῖτε, () κτήνη () τοῦ () πεδίου, ὅτι () βεβλάστηκεν () πεδία τῆς () ἐρήμου, () ὅτι () ξύλον () ἤνεγκεν () τὸν () καρπὸν () αὐτοῦ, () ἄμπελος () καὶ () συκῆ () ἔδωκαν () τὴν () ἰσχὺν () αὐτῶν. ()
[23] Καὶ () τὰ () τέκνα () Σιων, () χαίρετε () καὶ () εὐφραίνεσθε () ἐπὶ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () ὑμῶν, () διότι () ἔδωκεν () ὑμῖν () τὰ () βρώματα () εἰς () δικαιοσύνην () καὶ () βρέξει () ὑμῖν () ὑετὸν () πρόιμον () καὶ () ὄψιμον () καθὼς () ἔμπροσθεν, ()
[24] καὶ () πλησθήσονται αἱ () ἅλωνες () σίτου, () καὶ () ὑπερεκχυθήσονται αἱ () ληνοὶ () οἴνου () καὶ () ἐλαίου. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἀνταποδώσω () ὑμῖν () ἀντὶ () τῶν () ἐτῶν, () ὧν () κατέφαγεν () ἡ () ἀκρὶς () καὶ () ὁ () βροῦχος καὶ () ἡ () ἐρυσίβη καὶ () ἡ () κάμπη, ἡ () δύναμίς () μου () ἡ () μεγάλη, () ἣν () ἐξαπέστειλα () εἰς () ὑμᾶς· ()
[26] καὶ () φάγεσθε ἐσθίοντες () καὶ () ἐμπλησθήσεσθε καὶ () αἰνέσετε () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ὑμῶν, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν () εἰς () θαυμάσια, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () καταισχυνθῇ () ὁ () λαός () μου () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα· ()
[27] καὶ () ἐπιγνώσεσθε () ὅτι () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () ἐγώ () εἰμι, () καὶ () ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἔτι () πλὴν () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () καταισχυνθῶσιν () οὐκέτι () πᾶς () ὁ () λαός () μου () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἔσται () μετὰ () ταῦτα () καὶ () ἐκχεῶ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πνεύματός () μου () ἐπὶ () πᾶσαν () σάρκα, () καὶ () προφητεύσουσιν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () ὑμῶν () καὶ () αἱ () θυγατέρες () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () ὑμῶν () ἐνύπνια () ἐνυπνιασθήσονται, () καὶ () οἱ () νεανίσκοι () ὑμῶν () ὁράσεις () ὄψονται· ()
[29] καὶ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () δούλους () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () δούλας () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις () ἐκχεῶ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πνεύματός () μου. ()
[30] Καὶ () δώσω () τέρατα () ἐν () τῷ () οὐρανῷ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () αἷμα () καὶ () πῦρ () καὶ () ἀτμίδα () καπνοῦ· ()
[31] ὁ () ἥλιος () μεταστραφήσεται () εἰς () σκότος () καὶ () ἡ () σελήνη () εἰς () αἷμα () πρὶν () ἐλθεῖν () ἡμέραν () κυρίου () τὴν () μεγάλην () καὶ () ἐπιφανῆ. ()
[32] Καὶ () ἔσται () πᾶς, () ὃς () ἂν () ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου, () σωθήσεται· () ὅτι () ἐν () τῷ () ὄρει () Σιων () καὶ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () ἔσται () ἀνασῳζόμενος, καθότι () εἶπεν κύριος, () καὶ () εὐαγγελιζόμενοι, οὓς () κύριος () προσκέκληται.

Joel 2:28 Originally verse 3:1.
Joel 2:29 Originally verse 3:2.
Joel 2:30 Originally verse 3:3.
Joel 2:31 Originally verse 3:4.
Joel 2:32 Originally verse 3:5.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.