Joel 1:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Listen to this, you elders! Pay attention, all who dwell in the land! Has anything like this ever happened in your lifetime, or in the lifetime of your ancestors?

Cross References

Job 12:12

So with old age is wisdom, and with length of days understanding.

Job 15:10

There are gray-haired old men among us, more advanced in years than your father.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked keep on living, grow old, become mighty in power?

Job 8:8

Inquire of the former generations, pay attention to the experience of their ancestors—

Psalm 49:1

For the leader. A psalm of the Korahites.

Isaiah 34:1

Come near, nations, and listen; be attentive, you peoples! Let the earth and what fills it listen, the world and all it produces.

Isaiah 7:17

The Lord shall bring upon you and your people and your father’s house such days as have not come since Ephraim seceded from Judah (the king of Assyria).

Jeremiah 30:7

Ah! How mighty is that day— there is none like it! A time of distress for Jacob, though he shall be saved from it.

Jeremiah 5:21

Pay attention to this, you foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes and do not see, who have ears and do not hear.

Daniel 12:1

“At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since the nation began until that time. At that time your people shall escape, everyone who is found written in the book.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, Israelites, for the Lord has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land: There is no fidelity, no loyalty, no knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests, Pay attention, house of Israel, Household of the king, give ear! For you are responsible for judgment. But you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread upon Tabor,

Joel 1:14

Proclaim a holy fast! Call an assembly! Gather the elders, all who dwell in the land, To the house of the Lord, your God, and cry out to the Lord!

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of thick clouds! Like dawn spreading over the mountains, a vast and mighty army! Nothing like it has ever happened in ages past, nor will the future hold anything like it, even to the most distant generations.

Amos 3:1

Hear this word, Israelites, that the Lord speaks concerning you, concerning the whole family I brought up from the land of Egypt:

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who live on the mount of Samaria: Who oppress the destitute and abuse the needy; Who say to your husbands, “Bring us a drink!”

Amos 5:1

Hear this word which I utter concerning you, this dirge, house of Israel:

Micah 1:2

Hear, O peoples, all of you, give heed, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!

Micah 3:1

And I said: Hear, you leaders of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not your duty to know what is right,

Micah 3:9

Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel! You who abhor justice, and pervert all that is right;

Matthew 13:9

Whoever has ears ought to hear.” The Purpose of Parables.

Matthew 24:21

for at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be.

Revelation 2:7

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I will give the right to eat from the tree of life that is in the garden of God.”’ To Smyrna.