Joel 2:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

A day of darkness

As

Amos 4:13

A great

Joel 2:5

Joel 1:6

There

General references

Matthew 24:21

Bible References

A day of darkness

The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.

You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

As

For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

A great

Like the sound of war-carriages they go jumping on the tops of the mountains; like the noise of a flame of fire burning up the grain-stems, like a strong people lined up for the fight.

For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

There

Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

And your houses will be full of them, and the houses of your servants and of all the Egyptians; it will be worse than anything your fathers have seen or their fathers, from the day when they were living on the earth till this day. And so he went out from Pharaoh.

And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is recorded in the book.

For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

General references

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.