2:1 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;
2:2 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.
2:3 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; and nothing shall escape
them.
2:4 The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses; and
as horsemen, so shall they run.
2:5 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.
2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces
shall gather blackness.
2:7 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:
2:8 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.
2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon
the wall, they shall climb upon the houses; they shall enter in
at the windows like a thief.
2:10 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:
2:11 And the LORD will 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?
2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, Turn ye even to me with
all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with
mourning:
2:13 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 repenteth of the evil.
2:14 Who knoweth [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?
2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn
assembly:
2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the
elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts:
let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out
of her closet.
2:17 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 thy heritage to reproach, that the heathen
should rule over them: why should they say among the people,
Where [is] their God?
2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his
people.
2:19 And the LORD will answer and say to his people, Behold, I
will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be
satisfied with it; and I will no more make you a reproach among
the heathen:
2:20 But I will remove far from you the northern [army], and
will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face
towards the east sea, and his hinder part towards the utmost
sea, and his odious scent shall come up, and his ill savor
shall come up, because he hath done great things.
2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do
great things.
2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of
the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the
fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.
2:23 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].
2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall
overflow with wine and oil.
2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath
eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the
palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
2:26 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.
2:27 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.
2:28 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:
2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those
days will I pour out my spirit.
2:30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth,
blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD shall
come.
2:32 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 hath said, and in
the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
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