1 Blow you 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 comes, for it is near at hand; Compare verse3 commentaries
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains: a great people and a strong; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. Compare verse2 commentaries
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 nothing shall escape them. Compare verse2 commentaries
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Compare verse1 commentary
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Compare verse1 commentary
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. Compare verse2 commentaries
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: Compare verse1 commentary
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall on the sword, they shall not be wounded. Compare verse1 commentary
9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run on the wall, they shall climb up on the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. Compare verse1 commentary
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: Compare verse2 commentaries
11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? Compare verse5 commentaries
12 Therefore also now, said the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: Compare verse3 commentaries
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repents him of the evil. Compare verse5 commentaries
14 Who knows if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God? Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse3 commentaries
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: why should they say among the people, Where is their God? Compare verse2 commentaries
19 Yes, the LORD will answer and say to his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: Compare verse1 commentary
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 smell shall come up, because he has done great things. Compare verse4 commentaries
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Compare verse1 commentary
22 Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree bears her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Compare verse3 commentaries
23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has 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. Compare verse1 commentary
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. Compare verse1 commentary
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. Compare verse1 commentary
26 And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that has dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. Compare verse1 commentary
27 And you shall know that I am in the middle of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. Compare verse1 commentary
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: Compare verse16 commentaries
29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. Compare verse16 commentaries
30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. Compare verse8 commentaries
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. Compare verse8 commentaries
32 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. Compare verse9 commentaries