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 the Lord comes, for it is close at hand:stylus1 Peter 4:7, Joel 2:15, 1 Peter 4:7, Joel 2:15, Joel 1:152A 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.stylusJoel 1:6, Joel 1:6, Zephaniah 1:14, Zephaniah 1:15, Zephaniah 1:143A 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.stylusIsaiah 51:3, Isaiah 51:3, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:8, Joel 1:194The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.stylusRevelation 9:7, Revelation 9:75Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.stylusRevelation 9:9, Revelation 9:9, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 30:306At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.stylusNahum 2:10, Nahum 2:10, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 13:8, Jeremiah 30:67They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they do not swerve off course.stylusProverbs 30:27, Proverbs 30:27, 2 Samuel 5:8, 2 Samuel 1:23, Joel 2:98Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and do not break ranks.stylusJob 33:18, 2 Chronicles 32:5, Job 33:18, 2 Chronicles 32:5, Nehemiah 4:179They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.stylusJeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 9:21, John 10:1, John 10:1, Exodus 10:610The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.stylusMatthew 24:29, Isaiah 13:10, Matthew 24:29, Isaiah 13:10, Joel 3:1511The Lord thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of the Lord is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?stylusMalachi 3:2, Malachi 3:2, Nahum 1:6, Nahum 1:6, Revelation 6:1712"Yet even now," says the Lord, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."stylusJames 4:8, James 4:9, James 4:8, James 4:9, Isaiah 55:613Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.stylusPsalms 86:15, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 34:18, Psalms 34:18, Exodus 34:614Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the Lord, your God.stylusJonah 3:9, Jonah 3:9, Haggai 2:19, Haggai 2:19, Joel 1:1315Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.stylusJoel 1:14, Joel 1:14, Joel 2:1, Joel 2:1, 1 Kings 21:1216Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her chamber.stylus2 Chronicles 29:5, 2 Chronicles 29:5, 2 Chronicles 20:13, 2 Chronicles 20:13, 1 Corinthians 7:517Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Lord, and do not give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"stylusEzekiel 8:16, Psalms 115:2, Psalms 79:10, Ezekiel 8:16, Psalms 115:218Then the Lord was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.stylusZechariah 8:2, Zechariah 8:2, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:13, Zechariah 1:1419The Lord 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.stylusEzekiel 34:29, Ezekiel 34:29, Ezekiel 36:15, Ezekiel 36:15, Jeremiah 31:1220But 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.stylusZechariah 14:8, Zechariah 14:8, Deuteronomy 11:24, Amos 4:10, Isaiah 34:321Land, do not be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things.stylusZephaniah 3:16, Zephaniah 3:17, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 54:4, Zephaniah 3:1622Do not 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.stylusZechariah 8:12, Zechariah 8:12, Psalms 65:12, Psalms 65:12, Psalms 145:1523"Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.stylusJames 5:7, James 5:8, James 5:7, James 5:8, Philippians 4:424The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.stylusAmos 9:13, Malachi 3:10, Amos 9:13, Malachi 3:10, Joel 3:1825I 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.stylusZechariah 10:6, Zechariah 10:6, Joel 1:4, Joel 1:7, Joel 1:426You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of the Lord, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.stylusRomans 10:11, Romans 10:11, Psalms 22:26, Psalms 22:26, Romans 5:527You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.stylusEzekiel 37:26, Ezekiel 37:28, Ezekiel 37:26, Ezekiel 37:28, Leviticus 26:1128"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.stylusActs 2:16, Acts 2:21, Acts 2:16, Acts 2:21, Ezekiel 39:2929And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.stylus1 Corinthians 12:13, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:28, Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:1130I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.stylusActs 2:19, Acts 2:20, Luke 21:11, Acts 2:19, Acts 2:2031The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.stylusRevelation 6:12, Revelation 6:13, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 6:13, Matthew 24:2932It will happen that whoever will call on the name of the Lord shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the remnant, those whom the Lord calls.stylusRomans 10:11, Romans 10:14, Romans 10:11, Romans 10:14, Acts 2:20