Joel 1:2

Good News Translation

Pay attention, you older people; everyone in Judah, listen. Has anything like this ever happened in your time or the time of your ancestors?

Cross References

Job 12:12

Old people have wisdom, but God has wisdom and power. Old people have insight; God has insight and power to act.

Job 15:10

We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people— those born before your father.

Job 21:7

Why does God let evil people live, let them grow old and prosper?

Job 8:8

Look for a moment at ancient wisdom; consider the truths our ancestors learned.

Psalm 49:1

Hear this, everyone! Listen, all people everywhere,

Isaiah 34:1

Come, people of all nations! Gather around and listen. Let the whole earth and everyone living on it come here and listen.

Isaiah 7:17

“The Lord is going to bring on you, on your people, and on the whole royal family, days of trouble worse than any that have come since the kingdom of Israel separated from Judah—he is going to bring the king of Assyria.

Jeremiah 30:7

A terrible day is coming; no other day can compare with it— a time of distress for my people, but they will survive.”

Jeremiah 5:21

Pay attention, you foolish and stupid people, who have eyes, but cannot see, and have ears, but cannot hear.

Daniel 12:1

The angel wearing linen clothes said, “At that time the great angel Michael, who guards your people, will appear. Then there will be a time of troubles, the worst since nations first came into existence. When that time comes, all the people of your nation whose names are written in God's book will be saved.

Hosea 4:1

The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: “There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.

Hosea 5:1

“Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice—so judgment will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor,

Joel 1:14

Give orders for a fast; call an assembly! Gather the leaders and all the people of Judah into the Temple of the Lord your God and cry out to him!

Joel 2:2

It will be a dark and gloomy day, a black and cloudy day. The great army of locusts advances like darkness spreading over the mountains. There has never been anything like it, and there never will be again.

Amos 3:1

People of Israel, listen to this message which the Lord has spoken about you, the entire nation that he brought out of Egypt:

Amos 4:1

Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!

Amos 5:1

Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral song which I sing over you:

Micah 1:2

Hear this, all you nations; listen to this, all who live on earth! The Sovereign Lord will testify against you. Listen! He speaks from his heavenly temple.

Micah 3:1

Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice,

Micah 3:9

Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.

Matthew 13:9

And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”

Matthew 24:21

For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it again.

Revelation 2:7

“If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches! “To those who win the victory I will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the Garden of God.