Joel 2:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—

Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.

Psalm 87:1

On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

Exodus 10:14

The locusts came upon all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before nor ever shall be again.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty!

Isaiah 13:9

See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: Your own people who hate you and reject you for my name’s sake have said, “Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy,” but it is they who shall be put to shame.

Jeremiah 16:10

And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, “Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?”

Jeremiah 16:7

No one shall break bread for the mourner, to offer comfort for the dead, nor shall anyone give them the cup of consolation to drink for their fathers or their mothers.

Jeremiah 4:5

Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: Blow the trumpet through the land; shout aloud and say, “Gather together, and let us go into the fortified cities!”

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear me? says the Lord; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Ezekiel 12:23

Tell them therefore, “Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall use it no more as a proverb in Israel.” But say to them: “The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision.

Ezekiel 21:12

Cry and wail, O mortal, for it is against my people; it is against all Israel’s princes; they are thrown to the sword, together with my people. Ah! Strike the thigh!

Ezekiel 30:3

For a day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Ezekiel 33:3

and if the sentinel sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people,

Ezekiel 33:6

But if the sentinel sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any of them, they are taken away in their iniquity, but their blood I will require at the sentinel’s hand.

Ezekiel 7:10

See, the day! See, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed; pride has budded.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come; the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.

Daniel 6:26

I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people shall tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: For he is the living God, enduring forever. His kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion has no end.

Daniel 9:16

O Lord, in view of all your righteous acts, let your anger and wrath, we pray, turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become a disgrace among all our neighbors.

Daniel 9:20

While I was speaking and was praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God on behalf of the holy mountain of my God,

Hosea 5:8

Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; look behind you, Benjamin!

Hosea 8:1

Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because they have broken my covenant and transgressed my law.

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Joel 2:11

The Lord utters his voice at the head of his army; how vast is his host! Numberless are those who obey his command. Truly the day of the Lord is great, terrible indeed—who can endure it?

Joel 2:15

Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly;

Joel 2:31

The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Joel 3:14

Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Joel 3:17

So you shall know that I, the Lord your God, dwell in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it.

Amos 3:6

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city unless the Lord has done it?

Amos 5:18

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness, not light,

Amos 8:2

He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the Lord is near against all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; the warrior cries aloud there.

Zephaniah 1:16

a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is at hand! The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated his guests.

Zephaniah 3:11

On that day you shall not be put to shame because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

Zechariah 14:1

See, a day is coming for the Lord, when the plunder taken from you will be divided in your midst.

Zechariah 8:3

Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts shall be called the holy mountain.

Malachi 4:1

See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Numbers 10:2

“Make two silver trumpets; you shall make them of hammered work, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.

Numbers 10:3

When both are blown, the whole congregation shall assemble before you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

1 Corinthians 14:8

And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence but much more now in my absence, work on your own salvation with fear and trembling,

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

James 5:8

You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.

Revelation 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”