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J OE L 2
Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the
Despair, all you farmers!
Wail, all you vine growers! FILAMENT ENABLED
mountains,
Weep, because the wheat andFree
barley—
a great
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to and mighty army appears.
all the crops of the field—are
ruined.
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12 The grapevines have dried up,
will ever be seen again.
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and the fig trees have withered.
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Fire more.
burns in front of them,
The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and
and flames follow after them.
apple trees—
Ahead of them the land lies
all the fruit trees—have dried up.
as beautiful as the Garden of Eden.
And the people’s joy has dried up
Behind them is nothing but desolation;
with them.
not one thing escapes.
13 Dress yourselves in burlap and weep,
4 They look like horses;
you priests!
they charge forward like warhorses.*
5 Look at them as they leap along the
Wail, you who serve before the altar!
Come, spend the night in burlap,
mountaintops.
you ministers of my God.
Listen to the noise they make—like the
For there is no grain or wine
rumbling of chariots,
to offer at the Temple of your God.
like the roar of fire sweeping across a field
14 Announce a time of fasting;
of stubble,
call the people together for a solemn
or like a mighty army moving into battle.
meeting.
6 Fear grips all the people;
Bring the leaders
every face grows pale with terror.
and all the people of the land
7 The attackers march like warriors
into the Temple of the Lord your God,
and scale city walls like soldiers.
and cry out to him there.
Straight forward they march,
15 The day of the Lord is near,
never breaking rank.
the day when destruction comes from
8 They never jostle each other;
the Almighty.
each moves in exactly the right position.
How terrible that day will be!
They break through defenses
16 Our food disappears before our very eyes.
without missing a step.
9 They swarm over the city
No joyful celebrations are held in the
house of our God.
and run along its walls.
17 The seeds die in the parched ground,
They enter all the houses,
and the grain crops fail.
climbing like thieves through the
The barns stand empty,
windows.
10 The earth quakes as they advance,
and granaries are abandoned.
18 How the animals moan with hunger!
and the heavens tremble.
The herds of cattle wander about
The sun and moon grow dark,
confused,
and the stars no longer shine.
because they have no pasture.
11 The Lord is at the head of the column.
The flocks of sheep and goats bleat
He leads them with a shout.
in misery.
This is his mighty army,
19 Lord, help us!
and they follow his orders.
The fire has consumed the wilderness
The day of the Lord is an awesome,
pastures,
terrible thing.
and flames have burned up all the trees.
Who can possibly survive?
20 Even the wild animals cry out to you
A Call to Repentance
because the streams have dried up,
12 That is why the Lord says,
and fire has consumed the wilderness
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
pastures.
Give me your hearts.
Locusts Invade like an Army
Come with fasting, weeping, and
Sound the trumpet in Jerusalem*!
mourning.
13 Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
Raise the alarm on my holy mountain!
TRANSLATION
Let everyone tremble in fear
but tear your hearts instead.”
TheLord
New your
LivingGod,
Translation
because the day of the Lord is upon us.
Return to the
2 It is a day of darkness and gloom,
delivers
Word with
for he is(NLT)
merciful
and God’s
compassionate,
and
clarity,
it
a day of thick clouds and deep blackness.
slow to getaccuracy
angry and
filled
withmaking
unfailing
2:1 Hebrew Zion; also in 2:15, 23. 2:4 Or like charioteers.
love. easy to understand.
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