Joel 2 KJV Easy Read Bible

KJV Easy Read Bible

The Day of the Lord

1Blow you^p 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 near at hand;

2A 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 has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. REV 9:2

3A 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; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. REV 9:7

5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

6Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

7They 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:

8Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

9They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

10The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: REV 9:2; MATT 24:29

11And the Lord shall utter His voice before His army: for His camp is very great: for He is strong that executes His word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? REV 6:17 | awesome

A Call to Repentance

12Therefore also now, says the Lord, turn you^p even to Me with all your^p heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

13And rend your^p heart, and not your^p garments, and turn to the Lord your^p God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repents Him of the evil. tear; grieves

14Who knows if He will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind Him; even a meat offering and a drink offering to the Lord your^p God? grieve; food

15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

17Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare Your people, O Lord, and give not Your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? non-Jewish nations

The Land Refreshed

18Then will the Lord be jealous for His land, and pity His people.

19Yea, the Lord will answer and say to His people, Behold, I will send you^p corn, and wine, and oil, and you^p shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you^p a reproach among the heathen:

20But I will remove far off from you^p the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and its hinder part toward the utmost sea, and its stink shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it has done great things. back; Mediterranean; foul smell

21Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

22Be not afraid, you^p beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

23Be glad then, you^p children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your^p God: for He has given you^p the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you^p the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

25And I will restore to you^p the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, My great army which I sent among you^p.

26And you^p shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your^p God, that has dealt wondrously with you^p: and My people shall never be ashamed.

27And you^p shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your^p God, and none else: and My people shall never be ashamed.

God’s Spirit Poured Out

28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your^p sons and your^p daughters shall prophesy, your^p old men shall dream dreams, your^p young men shall see visions: ACTS 2:16 | people

29And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit. ACTS 2:18

30And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. ACTS 2:19

31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. ACTS 2:19, 20; REV 6:12

32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord has said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. ROM 10:13 | saved; salvation

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