Joel 2:11

God's Word

The Lord shouts out orders to his army. His forces are very large. The troops that carry out his commands are mighty. The day of the Lord is extremely terrifying. Who can endure it?

Cross References

Psalm 18:14

He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.

Psalm 46:6

Nations are in turmoil, and kingdoms topple. The earth melts at the sound of ⌞God’s⌟ voice.

Psalm 68:18

You went to the highest place. You took prisoners captive. You received gifts from people, even from rebellious people, so that the Lord God may live there.

Isaiah 13:4

Listen to the noise on the mountains. It is like the sound of a large army. It is the sound of kingdoms and nations gathering together. The Lord of Armies is assembling his army for battle.

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord marches out like a warrior. He prepares himself for battle like a soldier. He shouts, gives the battle cry, and overpowers his enemies.

Isaiah 7:18

On that day the Lord will whistle for the flies that are at the distant branches of the Nile River in Egypt and for the bees that are in Assyria.

Jeremiah 25:30

“That is why you will prophesy all these things to them and say, ‘The Lord roars from above. He thunders from his holy dwelling place. He roars against his land. He shouts like those who stomp grapes. He shouts against all those who live on earth.

Jeremiah 30:7

How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their defender is strong. His name is the Lord of Armies. He will certainly take up their cause in order to bring rest to the land of Israel and unrest to the people who live in Babylon.

Ezekiel 22:14

Will you still be brave? Will you remain strong when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.

Joel 1:15

This will be a terrible day! The day of the Lord is near, and it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 1:6

A strong nation attacked my land. It has too many soldiers to count. They have teeth like lions. They have fangs like grown lions.

Joel 2:1

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion. Sound the alarm on my holy mountain. Everyone who lives in the land should tremble, because the day of the Lord is coming. Certainly, it is near.

Joel 2:2

It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and overcast skies. A large and mighty army will spread over the mountains like the dawn. Nothing like this has ever happened. Nothing like this will ever happen again.

Joel 2:25

“Then I will repay you for the years that the mature locusts, the adult locusts, the grasshoppers, and the young locusts ate your crops. (They are the large army that I sent against you.)

Joel 2:31

The sun will become dark, and the moon will become as red as blood before the terrifying day of the Lord comes.”

Joel 3:14

There are many, many people in the valley of decision. The day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Joel 3:16

The Lord will roar from Zion, and his voice will thunder from Jerusalem. The sky and the earth will shake. The Lord will be a refuge for his people. He will be a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Amos 1:2

He said: The Lord roars from Zion, and his voice thunders from Jerusalem. The pastures of the shepherds are turning brown, and the top of ⌞Mount⌟ Carmel is dried up.

Amos 5:18

How horrible it will be for those who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for that day? The day of the Lord is one of darkness and not light.

Amos 5:20

The day of the Lord brings darkness and not light. It is pitch black, with no light.

Obadiah 1:15

“The day of the Lord is near for all nations. Edom, you will be treated as you have treated others. You will get back what you have given.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand in the presence of his rage? Who can oppose his burning anger? He pours out his rage like fire and smashes the rocky cliffs.

Malachi 3:2

But who will be able to endure the day he comes? Who will be able to survive on the day he appears? He is like a purifying fire and like a cleansing soap.

Numbers 24:23

He delivered this message: “Oh no! Who will live when God decides to do this?

1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Lord will come from heaven with a command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet ⌞call⌟ of God. First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life.

Revelation 18:8

For this reason her plagues of death, misery, and starvation will come in a single day. She will be burned up in a fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is powerful.

Revelation 6:17

because the frightening day of their anger has come, and who is able to endure it?”