2:1 Sound the trumpet in Zion, make a
proclamation in my holy mountain, and let all the inhabitants of the land be
confounded: for the day of Yehovah is near;
2:2 for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a
numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the
morning; there has not been from the beginning one like it, and after it
there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.
2:3 Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the
land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate
plain: and there shall none of them escape.
2:4 Their appearance is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so
shall they pursue.
2:5 As the sound of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, and
as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and as a numerous and
strong people setting themselves in array for battle.
2:6 Before them shall the people be crushed: every face [shall be] as the
blackness of a caldron.
2:7 As warriors shall they run, and as men of war shall they mount on the
walls; and each shall move in his [right] path, and they shall not turn
aside from their tracks:
2:8 and not one shall stand aloof from his brother: they shall go on weighed
down with their arms, and they fall upon their weapons, yet shall they in no
wise be destroyed.
2:9 They shall seize upon the city, and run upon the walls, and go up upon
the houses, and enter in through the windows as thieves.
2:10 Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken:
the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their
light.
2:11 And Yehovah shall utter his voice before his host: for his camp is
very great: for the execution of his words is mighty: for the day of the
Lord is great, very glorious, and who shall be able to [resist] it?
2:12 Now therefore, saith Yehovah your Elohim, turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:
2:13 and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to Yehovah your
Elohim: for he is merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and plenteous in
mercy, and repents of evils.
2:14 Who knows if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind
him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to Yehovah your Elohim?
2:15 Sound the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a [solemn]
service:
2:16 gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his
chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
2:17 Between the porch and the altar let the priests that minister to Yehovah weep, and say, Spare thy people, O Yehoavh, and give not thine heritage to
reproach, that the heathen should rule over them, lest they should say among
the heathen, Where is their Elohim?
2:18 But Yehovah was jealous of his land, and spared his people.
2:19 And Yehovah answered and said to his people, Behold, I [will] send you
corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied with them: and I will no
longer make you a reproach among the Gentiles.
2:20 And I will chase away from you the northen [adversary], and will drive
him away into a dry land, and I will sink his face in the former sea, and
his back parts in the latter sea, and his ill savour shall come up, and his
stink come up, because he has wrought great things.
2:21 Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for Yehovah has done
great things.
2:22 Be of good courage, ye beasts of the plain, for the plains of the
wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig tree
and the vine have yielded their strength.
2:23 Rejoice then and be glad, ye children of Zion, in Yehovah your Elohim:
for he has given you food fully, and he will rain on you the early and the
latter rain, as before.
2:24 And the floors shall be filled with corn, and the presses shall
overflow with wine and oil.
2:25 And I will recompense you for the years which the locust, and the
caterpillar, and the palmerworm, and the cankerworm have eaten, [even] my
great army, which I sent against you.
2:26 And ye shall eat abundantly, and be satisfied, and shall praise the
name of Yehovah your Elohim [for the things] which he has wrought wonderfully
with you: and my people shall not be ashamed for ever.
2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and [that] I am Yehovah your Elohim, and [that] there is none else beside me; and my people shall
no more be ashamed for ever.
2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your
old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
2:29 And on my servants and on [my] handmaids in those days will I pour out
of my Spirit.
2:30 And I will shew wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire,
and vapor of smoke.
2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
the great and glorious day of Yehovah come.
2:32 And it shall come to pass [that] whosoever shall call on the name of
Yehovah shall be saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall the saved
one be as Yehovah has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to
them, whom Yehovah has called. |
2:1 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 Yehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2:2 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.
2:3 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.
2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen,
so shall they run.
2:5 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.
2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall
gather blackness.
2:7 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:
2:8 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.
2:9 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.
2:10 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:
2:11 And Yehovah 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
Yehovah is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
2:12 Therefore also now, saith Yehovah, turn ye even to me with all your
heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Yehovah your
Elohim: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repenteth him of the evil.
2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind
him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto Yehovah your Elohim?
2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
2:16 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.
2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yehovah, weep between the porch and
the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Yehovah, 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?
2:18 Then will Yehovah be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
2:19 Yea, Yehovah 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:
2:20 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.
2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for Yehovah will do great
things.
2:22 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.
2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Yehovah 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.
2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with
wine and oil.
2:25 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.
2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
Yehovah your Elohim, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall
never be ashamed.
2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Yehovah your Elohim, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
2:28 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:
2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I
pour out my spirit.
2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and
fire, and pillars of smoke.
2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
the great and terrible day of Yehovah come.
2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Yehovah shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as Yehovah hath said, and in the remnant whom Yehovah shall
call. |