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| Chapter 2
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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 | 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 1not
been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the
years of many generations.
1
Dan 12:1,
Matt 24:21,
Mark 13:19,
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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; yea, and nothing shall escape them. |
4 |
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen,
so shall they run. |
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. |
6 | Before their face the people shall be
much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. |
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: |
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. |
9 | They 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. |
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: |
11 |
And the LORD shall 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? |
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: |
13 | And rend your heart, and not your
garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of
the evil. |
14 | Who knoweth if he will return and
repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a
drink offering unto the LORD your God? |
15 |
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: |
16
| Gather 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. |
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 thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their
God? |
18 |
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. |
19 | Yea,
the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send
you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith:
and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: |
20 |
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him
into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his
hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill
savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. |
21 | Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice:
for the LORD will do great things. |
22 |
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do
spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield
their strength. |
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. |
24 | And the floors
shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and
oil. |
25
| And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,
the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great
army which I sent among you. |
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. |
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. |
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:
Acts 2:17
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29 |
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in
those days will I pour out my spirit.
Acts 2:18
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30 |
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth,
blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Acts 2:19
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31 |
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the
moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Acts 2:20
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32 |
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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the 2name
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.
1
Acts 2:21,
Rom 10:13
2
Gen 4:26,
1st Kings 18:24,
Psa 116:17,
Zeph 3:9,
John 1:12,
Acts 15:17,
1st Cor 1:2
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