Joel 2:2

New Living Translation

It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of thick clouds and deep blackness. Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the mountains, a great and mighty army appears. Nothing like it has been seen before or will ever be seen again.

Cross References

Psalm 10:6

They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!”

Psalm 97:2

Dark clouds surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Exodus 10:14

And the locusts swarmed over the whole land of Egypt, settling in dense swarms from one end of the country to the other. It was the worst locust plague in Egyptian history, and there has never been another one like it.

Exodus 10:6

They will overrun your palaces and the homes of your officials and all the houses in Egypt. Never in the history of Egypt have your ancestors seen a plague like this one!” And with that, Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

Exodus 20:21

As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.

Isaiah 5:30

They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea. If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.

Isaiah 8:22

and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

Jeremiah 13:6

A long time afterward the Lord said to me, “Go back to the Euphrates and get the loincloth I told you to hide there.”

Lamentations 1:12

“Does it mean nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see if there is any suffering like mine, which the Lord brought on me when he erupted in fierce anger.

Ezekiel 32:7

When I blot you out, I will veil the heavens and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give you its light.

Ezekiel 34:12

I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.

Ezekiel 38:9

You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

Daniel 12:1

“At that time Michael, the archangel who stands guard over your nation, will arise. Then there will be a time of anguish greater than any since nations first came into existence. But at that time every one of your people whose name is written in the book will be rescued.

Daniel 9:12

You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.

Joel 1:6

A vast army of locusts has invaded my land, a terrible army too numerous to count. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth, its fangs like those of a lioness.

Joel 2:25

The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.

Joel 2:31

The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.

Joel 2:5

Look at them as they leap along the mountaintops. Listen to the noise they make—like the rumbling of chariots, like the roar of fire sweeping across a field of stubble, or like a mighty army moving into battle.

Joel 3:4

“What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.

Amos 4:13

For the Lord is the one who shaped the mountains, stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind. He turns the light of dawn into darkness and treads on the heights of the earth. The Lord God of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

Zephaniah 1:7

Stand in silence in the presence of the Sovereign Lord, for the awesome day of the Lord’s judgment is near. The Lord has prepared his people for a great slaughter and has chosen their executioners.

Zechariah 14:6

On that day the sources of light will no longer shine,

Matthew 24:21

For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again.

Mark 13:19

For there will be greater anguish in those days than at any time since God created the world. And it will never be so great again.

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the days of long ago; think about the generations past. Ask your father, and he will inform you. Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.

Hebrews 12:18

You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds. They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to blackest darkness.

Revelation 9:2

When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.