Joel 2:2

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It's a gloomy day of darkness, a day of thick clouds and heavy shadows. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, an army appears, so large and powerful that there has never ever been anything like it before, nor will there ever be anything like it again.

Cross References

Psalm 10:6

They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”

Psalm 97:2

He is surrounded by clouds and thick darkness; his throne is founded on justice and right.

Exodus 10:14

The locusts swarmed across the land and settled in every part of the country. There had never been such a swarm of locusts ever before, and there won't be ever again.

Exodus 10:6

They will swarm into your houses and into the houses of all your officials—in fact into the houses of every Egyptian. This is something that none of your forefathers ever saw from the time they arrived in this country.’” Then Moses and Aaron turned and left Pharaoh.

Exodus 20:21

The people stood a long way off as Moses went over to the thick, dark cloud where God was.

Isaiah 5:30

At that time they will roar over their prey like the roaring of the sea. Anyone who looks out over the land will see only darkness and distress—even the sunlight will be darkened by clouds.

Isaiah 8:22

Then they will look towards the earth and see only misery and gloom and agonizing depression, and they will be thrown out into the darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

Honor the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before you trip and fall in the twilight on the mountains. You long for light to come, but he sends only gloom and complete darkness.

Jeremiah 13:6

A long time later the Lord told me, Go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I ordered you to hide there.

Lamentations 1:12

Don't you care anything about it, all you people passing by? Take a look and see! Is there any suffering as bad as mine, punished by the Lord when he became angry?

Ezekiel 32:7

When I put out the light of your life, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will use a cloud to cover the sun, and the moon will stop shining.

Ezekiel 34:12

Just like a shepherd goes looking for his lost sheep when he is with the flock, so I will look for my sheep. I will rescue them from everywhere they were scattered on a dark and dismal day.

Ezekiel 38:9

You and your whole army, and the armies of many nations with you, will advance like an incoming storm, like a cloud that covers the land.

Daniel 12:1

“At that time Michael the great prince, the protector of your people, will stand up and there will be a time of trouble like never before, since nations first existed. But at that time your people will be saved, all whose names are written in the book.

Daniel 9:12

You have carried out what you warned us about, against us and against our rulers—such a terrible punishment brought upon Jerusalem, the worst that has ever happened in the whole world.

Joel 1:6

A nation has invaded my land: powerful and too many to count. Their teeth are like lion's teeth, their fangs like those of a lioness.

Joel 2:25

“I will give back to you what you lost over the years to the swarming, hopping, destroying, and cutting locusts, this great army that I sent against you.

Joel 2:31

The sun will turn dark, and the moon will turn red like blood at the coming of the great and fearful day of the Lord.”

Joel 2:5

Listen to the sound: they are like rumbling chariots leaping over the mountain tops, they are like crackling flames burning stubble, they are like a mighty army marching in formation into battle.

Joel 3:4

Also, what have you got to do with me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you trying to get back at me? If you are trying to pay me back, I will quickly pay you back what you deserve for what you've done.

Amos 4:13

Watch! The One who made the mountains, who created the winds, who reveals his thoughts to humankind, who turns the sunlight into darkness, who walks on the high places of the earth—the Lord God of power is his name!

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near: the Lord has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests.

Zechariah 14:6

On that day there will be no longer cold and frost.

Matthew 24:21

For at that time there will be terrible persecution—more terrible than anything that has happened from the beginning of the world up till now, and won't ever happen again.

Mark 13:19

For these will be days of trouble like never before since the beginning of God's creation until now, and they won't ever come again.

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the olden days; think about the generations of the past. Go and ask your father about them, and he will explain them to you. Talk to your elders, and they will tell you what you need to know.

Hebrews 12:18

You haven't arrived at a physical mountain that can be touched, that burned with fire, to a stormy place of black darkness,

Jude 1:13

They're violent ocean waves, foaming in their own disgrace. They're false stars, doomed forever to utter darkness.

Revelation 9:2

He opened the entrance to the Abyss, and smoke came up out of the Abyss like the smoke of a huge furnace. The sun and the atmosphere became dark because of the smoke from the Abyss.