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Joel 2

1 Blow yeHe shows the great judgments of God which are at hand, unless they repent.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 AOf affliction and trouble.day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: aMeaning, the Assyrians.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 ofThe enemy destroyed our plentiful country, wherever he went.Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

4 The beholding of him is like the sight of horses, & like the horsemen, so shal they runne.

5 Like the noyse of charrets in the toppes of the mountaines shal they leape, like the noyse of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, and as a mightie people prepared to the battel.

6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all facesThey will be pale and black because of fear, as in (Nah_2:10).shall gather blackness.

7 They shal runne like strong men, and goe vp to the wall like men of warre, and euery man shall goe forward in his wayes, and they shall not stay in their paths.

8 Neither shall oneFor none will be able to resist them.thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and [when] they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

9 They shal runne to & fro in the citie: they shal runne vpon the wall: they shal clime vp vpon the houses, & enter in at ye windowes like ye thiefe.

10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: theRead (Joe_2:31; Isa_13:10; Eze_32:7; Joe_3:15; Mat_24:29)sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

11 And the LORD shallThe Lord will stir up the Assyrians to execute his judgments.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 the Lord sayth, Turne you vnto me with all your heart, & with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning,

13 AndMortify your affections and serve God with pureness of heart, and not with ceremonies.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 willHe speaks this to stir up their slothfulness, and not that he doubted of God's mercies, if they did repent. For the way in which God repents, {{See Jer_18:8}}return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

15 Blowe the trumpet in Zion, sanctifie a fast, call a solemne assembly.

16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather theThat as all have sinned, so all may show forth signs of their repentance, so that men seeing the children who are not free from God's wrath, might be the more deeply touched with the consideration of their own sins.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 Priestes, the ministers of the Lord weepe betweene the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen should rule ouer them. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

18 Then will the LORD beIf they repent he shows that God will preserve and defend them with a most fervent affection.jealous for his land, and pity his people.

19 Yea, the Lord wil answere and say vnto his people, Beholde, I will send you corne, and wine, and oyle, and you shalbe satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproche among the heathen,

20 But I will remove far off from you theThat is, the Assyrians your enemies.northern [army], and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward theCalled the Salt Sea, or Persian Sea: meaning, that even though this army was so great that it filled all from this sea to the Mediterranean Sea, yet he would scatter them.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 Feare not, O land, but be glad, and reioyce: for the Lord wil do great things.

22 Be not afrayde, ye beastes of the fielde: for the pastures of the wildernesse are greene: for the tree beareth her fruite: the figge tree & the vine do giue their force.

23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rainThat is, such as would come by just measure, and would be sent when God was reconciled with them.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 barnes shalbe full of wheate, and the presses shal abound with wine and oyle.

25 And I will render you the yeeres that the grashopper hath eaten, the canker worme and the caterpiller and the palmer worme, my great hoste which I sent among you.

26 So you shal eate and be satisfied and praise the Name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt marueilously with you: and my people shal neuer be ashamed.

27 Ye shal also know, that I am in the middes of Israel, and that I am the Lorde your God and none other, & my people shal neuer be ashamed.

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pourThat is, in greater abundance, and more broadly than in times past. And this was fulfilled under Christ, when God's graces and his Spirit under the Gospel were abundantly given to the Church; (Isa_44:3; Act_2:17) (Joh_7:38-39).out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dreamAs they had visions and dreams in ancient times, so will they now have clearer revelations.dreams, your young men shall see visions:

29 And also vpon the seruants, and vpon the maydes in those dayes wil I powre my Spirit.

30 And I will shewHe warns the faithful what terrible things would come, with the intent that they should not look for continual quietness in this world: and yet in all these troubles he would preserve them.wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

31 TheThe order of nature will seem to be changed because of the horrible afflictions that will be in the world; (Isa_13:10; Eze_32:7; Joe_3:15; Mat_24:29).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 callGod's judgments are for the destruction of the unbelievers, and to exhort the godly to call upon the name of God, who will give them salvation.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 theMeaning the Gentiles by this; (Rom_10:13).remnant whom the LORD shall call.

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