Nevi'im
Yo'el2
Joel · Chapter 2
Blow ye the trumpet in Tsiyon, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) cometh, for
it is nigh at hand;
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.
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.
The appearance of them
is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
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.
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
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:
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.
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.
The earth shall quake before them; the shamayim shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Therefore also now, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), turn ye
even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim: for he
is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Who knoweth
if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him;
even a meat offering and a drink offering unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim?
Blow the trumpet in Tsiyon, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
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.
Let the kohanim, the ministers of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where
is their Elohim?
Then will 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Yea, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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:
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.
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will do great things.
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.
Be glad then, ye children of Tsiyon, and rejoice in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim: 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.
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
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.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
And ye shall know that I
am in the midst of Yisra'el, and
that I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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:
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
And I will shew wonders in the shamayim and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) come.
And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall be delivered: for in mount Tsiyon and in Yerushalayim shall be deliverance, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath said, and in the remnant whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall call.
Nevi'im
Yo'el3
Joel · Chapter 3
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Yerushalayim,
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and
for
my heritage Yisra'el, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly
and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
The children also of Judah and the children of Yerushalayim have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath spoken
it.
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I
am strong.
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness
is great.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is near in the valley of decision.
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) also shall roar out of Tsiyon, and utter his voice from Yerushalayim; and the shamayim and the earth shall shake: but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Yisra'el.
So shall ye know that I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim dwelling in Tsiyon, my holy mountain: then shall Yerushalayim be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
And it shall come to pass in that day,
that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Mitsrayim shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence
against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Yerushalayim from generation to generation.
For I will cleanse their blood
that I have not cleansed: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) dwelleth in Tsiyon.
Nevi'im
Yo'el4
Joel · Chapter 4