The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

Blow the horn in Zion;
sound the alarm on My holy mountain!
Let all the residents of the land tremble,
for the Day of the Lord is coming;
in fact, it is near—

The earth quakes before them;
the sky shakes.
The sun and moon grow dark,
and the stars cease their shining.

Blow the horn in Zion!
Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly.

Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad
in the Lord your God,
because He gives you the autumn rain
for your vindication.
He sends showers for you,
both autumn and spring rain as before.

The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the great and awe-inspiring Day of the Lord comes.

Then everyone who calls
on the name of Yahweh will be saved,
for there will be an escape
for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
as the Lord promised,
among the survivors the Lord calls.

The sun and moon will grow dark,
and the stars will cease their shining.

The Lord will roar from Zion
and raise His voice from Jerusalem;
heaven and earth will shake.
But the Lord will be a refuge for His people,
a stronghold for the Israelites.

Then you will know
that I am Yahweh your God,
who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain.
Jerusalem will be holy,
and foreigners will never overrun it again.

I will pardon their bloodguilt,
which I have not pardoned,
for the Lord dwells in Zion.