Joel 2:2

New Century Version

It will be a dark, gloomy day, cloudy and black. Like the light at sunrise, a great and powerful army will spread over the mountains. There has never been anything like it before, and there will never be anything like it again.

Cross References

Psalm 10:6

They say to themselves, “Nothing bad will ever happen to me; I will never be ruined.”

Psalm 97:2

Thick, dark clouds surround him. His kingdom is built on what is right and fair.

Exodus 10:14

Swarms of locusts covered all the land of Egypt and settled everywhere. There were more locusts than ever before or after,

Exodus 10:6

They will fill your palaces and all your officers’ houses, as well as the houses of all the Egyptians. There will be more locusts than your fathers or ancestors have ever seen—more than there have been since people began living in Egypt.’ ” Then Moses turned and walked away from the king.

Exodus 20:21

The people stood far away from the mountain while Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.

Isaiah 5:30

On that day they will roar like the waves of the sea. And when people look at the land, they will see only darkness and pain; all light will become dark in this thick cloud.

Isaiah 8:22

They will look around them at their land and see only trouble, darkness, and awful gloom. And they will be forced into the darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness and before you slip and fall on the dark hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it into thick darkness; he will change it into deep gloom.

Jeremiah 13:6

Many days later the Lord said to me, “Now go to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.”

Lamentations 1:12

Jerusalem says, “You who pass by on the road don’t seem to care. Come, look at me and see: Is there any pain like mine? Is there any pain like that he has caused me? The Lord has punished me on the day of his great anger.

Ezekiel 32:7

When I make you disappear, I will cover the sky and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd takes care of his scattered flock when it is found, I will take care of my sheep. I will save them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.

Ezekiel 38:9

You will come like a storm. You, all your troops, and the many nations with you will be like a cloud covering the land.

Daniel 12:1

“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will stand up. There will be a time of much trouble, the worst time since nations have been on earth, but your people will be saved. Everyone whose name is written in God’s book will be saved.

Daniel 9:12

“You said these things would happen to us and our leaders, and you made them happen; you brought on us a great disaster. Nothing has ever been done on earth like what was done to Jerusalem.

Joel 1:6

A powerful nation has come into my land with too many soldiers to count. It has teeth like a lion, jaws like a female lion.

Joel 2:25

“Though I sent my great army against you— those swarming locusts and hopping locusts, the destroying locusts and the cutting locusts that ate your crops— I will pay you back for those years of trouble.

Joel 2:31

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

Joel 2:5

It is like the noise of chariots rumbling over the tops of the mountains, like the noise of a roaring fire burning dry stalks. They are like a powerful army lined up for battle.

Joel 3:4

“Tyre and Sidon and all of you regions of Philistia! What did you have against me? Were you punishing me for something I did, or were you doing something to hurt me? I will very quickly do to you what you have done to me.

Amos 4:13

He is the one who makes the mountains and creates the wind and makes his thoughts known to people. He changes the dawn into darkness and walks over the mountains of the earth. His name is the Lord God All-Powerful.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord God, because the Lord’s day for judging people is coming soon. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has made holy his invited guests.

Zechariah 14:6

On that day there will be no light, cold, or frost.

Matthew 24:21

because at that time there will be much trouble. There will be more trouble than there has ever been since the beginning of the world until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again.

Mark 13:19

because those days will be full of trouble. There will be more trouble than there has ever been since the beginning, when God made the world, until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again.

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the old days. Think of the years already passed. Ask your father and he will tell you; ask your elders and they will inform you.

Hebrews 12:18

You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire. You have not come to darkness, sadness, and storms.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, tossing up their own shameful actions like foam. They are like stars that wander in the sky. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them forever.

Revelation 9:2

Then it opened up the hole that leads to the bottomless pit, and smoke came up from the hole like smoke from a big furnace. Then the sun and sky became dark because of the smoke from the hole.