Joel 2:6 KJV — MannaFest

Joel 2:6

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

KJV

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WEB

Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.

ASV

At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.

YLT

From its face pained are peoples, All faces have gathered paleness.

DBT

Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.

About this book

Old Testament

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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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7 verses on the floor

Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Isaiah 13:8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Lamentations 4:8
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

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), as the merchants are in pain for their trading ships when they hear they are just in the mouth of a squadron of the enemies. "One is in pain for his field, another for his vineyard, and all faces gather blackness, " which denotes the utmost consternation imaginable.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

A serious call to the people, when they are under this sore judgment, to return and repent, to fast and pray, and to seek unto God for mercy, with directions how to do this aright,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

An earnest call to repentance, ver. 12-17. A promise of all good things to the penitent, ver. 18-27. A prophecy of the Messiah's kingdom, ver. 28-32.

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

much pained--namely, with terror. The Arab proverb is, "More terrible than the locusts." faces shall gather blackness-- (Isa 13:8; MAURER translates, "withdraw their brightness," that is, wax pale, lose color (compare Joe 2:10;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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JOE 2:6JER 30:6 NAH 2:10
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
JOE 2:6JER 30:6 JER 4:31
JOE 2:6JER 30:6 ISA 21:3
JOE 2:6NAH 2:10 DAN 5:6
JOE 2:6NAH 2:10 PSA 22:14
JOE 2:6JER 30:6 JER 22:23
JOE 2:6JER 30:6 PSA 48:6
JOE 2:6LAM 4:8 LAM 5:10

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