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Joel Chapter 2

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Joel

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In this chapter the prophet Joel warns of a great disaster that will come upon Israel, describing a fire from heaven that will destroy the land. He also speaks of a future restoration, when God will send a messenger to gather the people and bring about deliverance. The chapter emphasizes God's judgment and the hope of deliverance.

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(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;
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Joel 2:15Numbers 10:3Numbers 10:8Jeremiah 4:5Hosea 8:1I Chronicles 15:28Hosea 5:8Numbers 10:5Numbers 10:6Numbers 10:7Numbers 10:9Ezekiel 33:3

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Numbers 10:6Leviticus 25:9Judges 1:19

(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.
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Joel 2:10Joel 2:31Joel 3:14Joel 3:15Exodus 20:21Psalms 97:2Isaiah 5:30Isaiah 8:22Jeremiah 13:16Amos 5:18Amos 5:19Amos 5:20

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Zephaniah 1:15Deuteronomy 4:11Job 10:22Matthew 6:23I John 2:11Jeremiah 13:16

(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.
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Joel 1:19Joel 1:20Psalms 50:3Amos 7:4Genesis 2:8Genesis 13:10Isaiah 51:3Ezekiel 31:8Ezekiel 31:9Joel 1:4Joel 1:5Joel 1:6

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Ezekiel 36:35II Corinthians 12:11Genesis 19:17Exodus 14:19Judges 20:40II Chronicles 13:13

(4) The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
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Revelation 9:7

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Ezekiel 1:27Ezekiel 1:28Ezekiel 8:2Ezekiel 1:13Ezekiel 1:16Ezekiel 1:26

(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.
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Nahum 2:3Nahum 2:4Nahum 3:2Nahum 3:3Revelation 9:9Isaiah 5:24Isaiah 30:30Matthew 3:12

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II Kings 7:6Isaiah 13:4Ezra 3:13Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 3:13Nahum 3:2

(6) Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
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Psalms 119:83Isaiah 13:8Jeremiah 8:21Jeremiah 30:6Lamentations 4:8Nahum 2:10

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Nahum 2:10

(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:
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II Samuel 1:23II Samuel 2:18II Samuel 2:19Psalms 19:5Isaiah 5:26Isaiah 5:27Isaiah 5:28Isaiah 5:29Joel 2:9II Samuel 5:8Jeremiah 5:10Proverbs 30:27

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Joel 2:9Jeremiah 32:19Ezekiel 32:27Joel 3:9Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(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.
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II Chronicles 23:10II Chronicles 32:5Nehemiah 4:17Nehemiah 4:23Job 33:18Job 36:12Song of Solomon 4:13

(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.
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Exodus 10:6Jeremiah 9:21John 10:1

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I Corinthians 9:24Joel 2:7II Samuel 18:22II Samuel 18:23Galatians 2:2Ezekiel 41:16

(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:
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Psalms 18:7Psalms 114:7Nahum 1:5Matthew 27:51Revelation 6:12Revelation 20:11Joel 2:2Joel 2:31Joel 3:15Isaiah 13:10Isaiah 34:4Jeremiah 4:23

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Joel 3:15Ezekiel 32:7Matthew 24:29Genesis 37:9Deuteronomy 4:19Psalms 8:3

(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?
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Joel 3:16II Samuel 22:14II Samuel 22:15Psalms 46:6Isaiah 7:18Isaiah 13:4Isaiah 42:13Jeremiah 25:30Amos 1:2Jeremiah 50:34Revelation 18:8Jeremiah 30:7

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John 15:4Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4Exodus 33:7

(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:
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Deuteronomy 4:29Deuteronomy 4:30I Samuel 7:3I Kings 8:47I Kings 8:48I Kings 8:49II Chronicles 6:38II Chronicles 6:39II Chronicles 7:13II Chronicles 7:14Isaiah 55:6Isaiah 55:7

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Ezekiel 33:11Amos 8:10Esther 4:3Matthew 2:18

(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.
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II Kings 22:19Psalms 34:18Psalms 51:17Isaiah 57:15Isaiah 66:2Ezekiel 9:4Matthew 5:3Matthew 5:4Genesis 37:29Genesis 37:34II Samuel 1:11I Kings 21:27

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Nehemiah 9:17Jonah 4:2II Chronicles 30:9Psalms 103:8Exodus 29:21Leviticus 8:30

(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?
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Exodus 32:30Joshua 14:12I Samuel 6:5II Samuel 12:22II Kings 19:4Amos 5:15Jonah 1:6Jonah 3:9Zephaniah 2:3II Timothy 2:25Isaiah 65:8Haggai 2:19

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Song of Solomon 6:13II Kings 16:15Mark 12:19Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55

(15) Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
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Joel 2:1Numbers 10:3Joel 1:14I Kings 21:9I Kings 21:12II Kings 10:20Jeremiah 36:9

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Joel 1:14Zechariah 8:19Isaiah 58:5Jeremiah 51:27Joel 2:32Mark 2:18

(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.
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Exodus 19:10Exodus 19:15Exodus 19:22Joshua 7:13I Samuel 16:5II Chronicles 29:5II Chronicles 29:23II Chronicles 29:24II Chronicles 30:17II Chronicles 30:19II Chronicles 35:6Job 1:5

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Numbers 11:16Isaiah 54:15Ezekiel 16:37Ezekiel 22:20Joel 1:14Zephaniah 2:1

(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?
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Joel 1:9Joel 1:13I Kings 6:3II Chronicles 8:12Ezekiel 8:16Matthew 23:35Hosea 14:2Exodus 32:11Exodus 32:12Exodus 32:13Exodus 34:9Deuteronomy 9:16

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Judges 8:23

(18) Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
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Isaiah 42:13Zechariah 1:14Zechariah 8:2Deuteronomy 32:16Deuteronomy 32:36Deuteronomy 32:43Judges 10:16Psalms 103:13Psalms 103:17Isaiah 60:10Isaiah 63:9Isaiah 63:15

(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:
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Joel 2:24Joel 1:10Isaiah 62:8Isaiah 62:9Isaiah 65:21Isaiah 65:22Isaiah 65:23Isaiah 65:24Hosea 2:15Amos 9:13Amos 9:14Haggai 2:16

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Mark 2:22Deuteronomy 7:13Deuteronomy 11:14Deuteronomy 12:17Deuteronomy 14:23Deuteronomy 18:4

(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.
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Joel 2:2Joel 2:3Joel 2:4Joel 2:5Joel 2:6Joel 2:7Joel 2:8Joel 2:9Joel 2:10Joel 2:11Joel 1:4Joel 1:5

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Zechariah 14:4I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Ezekiel 8:16

(21) Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
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Genesis 15:1Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 54:4Jeremiah 30:9Jeremiah 30:10Zephaniah 3:16Zephaniah 3:17Zechariah 8:15Psalms 65:12Psalms 65:13Psalms 96:11Psalms 96:12

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Psalms 68:3Isaiah 66:10Zechariah 10:7

(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.
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Joel 1:18Joel 1:19Joel 1:20Psalms 36:6Psalms 104:11Psalms 104:12Psalms 104:13Psalms 104:14Psalms 104:27Psalms 104:28Psalms 104:29Psalms 145:15

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Joel 1:12Matthew 12:33Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Matthew 21:19Ezekiel 34:27

(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.
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Psalms 149:2Lamentations 4:2Zechariah 9:13Galatians 4:26Galatians 4:27Psalms 28:7Psalms 32:11Psalms 33:1Psalms 95:1Psalms 95:2Psalms 95:3Psalms 104:34

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Deuteronomy 11:14Zechariah 10:1Amos 4:7Hosea 6:3Job 29:23Deuteronomy 32:2

(24) And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
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Joel 3:13Joel 3:18Leviticus 26:10Proverbs 3:9Proverbs 3:10Amos 9:13Malachi 3:10

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Mark 2:22Numbers 18:12II Chronicles 2:10II Chronicles 2:15Ezra 6:9Ezra 7:22

(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.
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Joel 2:2Joel 2:3Joel 2:4Joel 2:5Joel 2:6Joel 2:7Joel 2:8Joel 2:9Joel 2:10Joel 2:11Joel 1:4Joel 1:5

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Joel 1:4

(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.
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Leviticus 26:5Leviticus 26:26Deuteronomy 6:11Deuteronomy 6:12Deuteronomy 8:10Nehemiah 9:25Psalms 22:26Psalms 103:5Proverbs 13:25Song of Solomon 5:1Isaiah 55:2Isaiah 62:8

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1Proverbs 27:20

(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.
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Joel 3:17Leviticus 26:11Leviticus 26:12Deuteronomy 23:14Psalms 46:5Psalms 68:18Isaiah 12:6Ezekiel 37:26Ezekiel 37:27Ezekiel 37:28Zephaniah 3:17II Corinthians 6:16

(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:
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Proverbs 1:23Isaiah 32:15Isaiah 44:3Ezekiel 39:29John 7:39Acts 2:16Acts 2:17Acts 2:18Isaiah 40:5Isaiah 49:6Zechariah 12:10Luke 3:6

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Acts 2:17Genesis 41:12Deuteronomy 22:6Matthew 2:13Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43

(29) And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
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I Corinthians 12:13Galatians 3:28Colossians 3:11

(30) And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
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Matthew 24:29Mark 13:24Luke 21:11Luke 21:25Luke 21:26Acts 2:19Acts 2:20Revelation 6:12Revelation 6:13Revelation 6:14Revelation 6:15Revelation 6:16

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Psalms 148:4Isaiah 51:6Acts 2:19Exodus 19:18Revelation 9:2Exodus 38:17

(31) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
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Joel 2:10Joel 3:1Joel 3:15Isaiah 13:9Isaiah 13:10Isaiah 34:4Isaiah 34:5Matthew 24:29Matthew 27:45Mark 13:24Mark 13:25Luke 21:25

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Acts 2:20Job 10:22Matthew 6:23I John 2:11Joshua 10:13Song of Solomon 6:10

(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.
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Psalms 50:15Jeremiah 33:3Zechariah 13:9Acts 2:21Romans 10:11Romans 10:12Romans 10:13Romans 10:14I Corinthians 1:2Isaiah 46:13Isaiah 59:20Isaiah 59:21

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Deuteronomy 3:9Ruth 1:20I Kings 18:24Psalms 145:18Hosea 2:16II Kings 10:19

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