Joel 2:31 KJV — MannaFest

Joel 2:31

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

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ASV

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

WEB

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

YLT

The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

DBT

The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

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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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Revelation 6:12–13
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;
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:
Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Revelation 8:12
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

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The sun - Having mentioned the prodigies which were to be wrought on earth, he now specifies what shall be done in heaven. The terrible day - The unholy day of the destruction of Jerusalem; typifying the day of judgment.

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

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

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