Joel 2:2

Modern English Version

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like blackness spreading over the mountain, a great and mighty army comes, such as was never before, and will never be again, even through the years of all generations.

Cross References

Psalm 10:6

He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; for generations I shall not meet adversity.”

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Exodus 10:14

The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in all the territory of Egypt. They were very grievous. Never before had there been such locusts as they, nor would there be such ever again.

Exodus 10:6

And they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians —which neither your fathers, nor your fathers’ fathers have seen since the day that they were on the earth until this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

Exodus 20:21

The people stood a distance away as Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

Isaiah 5:30

In that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land— behold, darkness and sorrow; and the light is darkened by the clouds.

Isaiah 8:22

Then they shall look to the earth and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish. And they shall be driven away into darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God, before He causes darkness and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it gross darkness.

Jeremiah 13:6

After many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates and take the waistband from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”

Lamentations 1:12

Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the Lord has inflicted on the day of His fierce anger.

Ezekiel 32:7

When I put you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so I will seek out My sheep and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in a cloudy and dark day.

Ezekiel 38:9

You shall ascend and come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.

Daniel 12:1

“And at that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.

Daniel 9:12

He has confirmed His words, which He had spoken against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done such as has been done to Jerusalem.

Joel 1:6

For a nation powerful and innumerable has invaded my land; its teeth are like the teeth of a lion, like the fangs of a lioness.

Joel 2:25

And I will compensate you for the years the locusts have eaten— the larval locust, the hopper locust, and the fledging locust— My great army which I sent against you.

Joel 2:31

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awe-inspiring day of the Lord comes.

Joel 2:5

As with the sound of chariots, they leap on the mountaintops, as with the sound of a flame of fire consuming stubble, as a mighty army arrayed for war.

Joel 3:4

Also, what are you to Me, Tyre and Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying Me for something? If you are repaying Me, I will return your payment swiftly and speedily on your head.

Amos 4:13

The One who forms the mountains and creates the wind, who reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the darkness into dawn and strides on the heights of the earth — the Lord, the God of Hosts, is His name.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is at hand; the Lord has prepared the sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

Zechariah 14:6

And on that day there will be no light. The lights will diminish.

Matthew 24:21

For then will be great distress, such as has not happened since the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

Mark 13:19

For in those days there will be distress as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created to this time, nor ever shall be.

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the days of old, consider the years of previous generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you:

Hebrews 12:18

You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and storm,

Jude 1:13

raging waves of the sea, which are foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been kept forever.

Revelation 9:2

He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke ascended from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.