Joel 2:30 KJV — MannaFest

Joel 2:30

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

KJV

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ASV

And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

WEB

I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

YLT

And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke.

DBT

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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Joel — A locust plague, a call to return, and a promise of the Spirit poured out on all flesh — the text Peter will cite on the day of Pentecost.

Author: Joel son of Pethuel (1:1)
Date: Disputed — proposals range from 9th c. BC (early pre-exilic) to post-exilic 5th c. BC; the book itself is undated

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Luke 21:25
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Revelation 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Acts 2:19–20
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

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Here we have God contending with his own professing people for their sins and executing upon them the judgment written in the law ( Deut. xxviii. 42 ), The fruit of thy land shall the locust consume, which was one of those diseases of Egypt that God would bring upon them, v. 60 . Here is the war proclaimed (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

There is a great and terrible day of the Lord coming, which shall be ushered in with wonders in heaven and earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke, the turning of the sun into darkness and the moon into blood. This is to have its full accomplishment (as the learned Dr. Pocock thinks) in the day of judgment, at the end of time, before whic

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Wonders - They who read what historians report of these times, will see this fulfilled in the very letter. Blood - Possibly eruption of blood, as some fountains have been reported to have run with blood, prefiguring the great effusion of blood by the sword, and wars following.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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