Blow ye
the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my
holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the
land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for
it is nigh at hand;
02 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of
clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning
spread upon the mountains: a great people and a
strong; there hath not been ever the like,
neither shall be any more after it, even to the
years of many generations.
03 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them
a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of
Eden before them, and behind them a desolate
wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
04 The appearance of them is as the appearance of
horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
05 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of
mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a
flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a
strong people set in battle array.
06 Before their face the people shall be much
pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
07 They shall run like mighty men; they shall
climb the wall like men of war; and they shall
march every one on his ways, and they shall not
break their ranks:
08 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall
walk every one in his path: and when they fall
upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
09 They shall run to and fro in the city; they
shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon
the houses; they shall enter in at the windows
like a thief.
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens
shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be
dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his
army: for his camp is very great: for he is
strong that executeth his word: for the day of
the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can
abide it?
12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye
even to me with all your heart, and with fasting,
and with weeping, and with mourning:
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and
leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering
and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast,
call a solemn assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
assemble the elders, gather the children, and
those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom
go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her
closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the porch and the altar, and let
them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not
thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen
should rule over them: wherefore should they say
among the people, Where is their God?
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18 Then will the Lord be jealous for his land,
and pity his people.
19 Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his
people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine,
and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and
I will no more make you a reproach among the
heathen:
20 But I will remove far off from you the
northern army, and will drive him into a land
barren and desolate, with his face toward the
east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost
sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill
savour shall come up, because he hath done great
things.
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the
Lord will do great things.
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the
pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the
tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine
do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice
in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the
former rain moderately, and he will cause to come
down for you the rain, the former rain, and the
latter rain in the first month.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the
vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the years that the
locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the
caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army
which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the Lord your God, that
hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people
shall never be ashamed.
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of
Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none
else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I
will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old
men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see
visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the
handmaids in those days will I pour out my
spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in
the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the
moon into blood, before the great and terrible
day of the Lord come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be
delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and
in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
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