Joel 1:15 KJV — MannaFest

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

KJV

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WEB

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

DBT

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

ASV

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

YLT

And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

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Old Testament

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Joel — A locust plague, a call to return, and a promise of the Spirit poured out on all flesh — the text Peter will cite on the day of Pentecost.

Author: Joel son of Pethuel (1:1)
Date: Disputed — proposals range from 9th c. BC (early pre-exilic) to post-exilic 5th c. BC; the book itself is undated

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30 verses on the floor

Joel 2:1
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;
Amos 5:18
Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
Isaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Jeremiah 30:7
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Zephaniah 1:14–18
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

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This Joel was long after that. He here speaks of a sad and sore judgment which was now brought, or to be brought, upon Judah, for their sins. The greatness of the judgment, expressed here in two things:-- 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Either they mean the continuance and consequences of this present judgment which they now saw but breaking in upon them, or some greater judgments which this was but a preface to. However it be, this they are taught to make the matter of their lamentation: Alas, for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

day of the Lord-- (Joe 2:1, 11); that is, the day of His anger (Isa 13:9; It will be a foretaste of the coming day of the Lord as Judge of all men, whence it receives the same name.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The day of the Lord - A day of greater trouble than yet they felt, troubles which God will heap upon them. Shall it come - Unless fasting, prayers and amendment prevent.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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JOE 1:15JOE 2:31 MAL 4:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JOE 1:15JER 30:7 DAN 12:1
JOE 1:15JOE 2:31 REV 6:12-13
JOE 1:15JOE 2:31 MAT 24:29
JOE 1:15JER 30:7 DAN 9:12
JOE 1:15JER 30:7 ZEC 14:1-2
JOE 1:15JOE 2:31 MAL 4:5
JOE 1:15JER 30:7 JOE 2:11

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