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Joel 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 the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

KJV

Canite tuba in Sion, ululate in monte sancto meo, conturbentur omnes habitatores terræ : quia venit dies Domini, quia prope est.

Vulgate

Σαλπίσατε σάλπιγγι ἐν Σειών, κηρύξατε ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ μου, καὶ συγχυθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν, διότι πάρεστιν ἡμέρα Κυρίου, ὅτι ἐγγύς·

LXX

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 Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

ASV

תִּקְע֨וּ שׁוֹפָ֜ר בְּ/צִיּ֗וֹן וְ/הָרִ֨יעוּ֙ בְּ/הַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֔/י יִרְגְּז֕וּ כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָ/אָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי בָ֥א יוֹם יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֥י קָרֽוֹב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
הָרִ֨יעוּ֙
hry'v
verb · 43×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִרְגַּ֖ז
yrgz
verb · 41×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
קָר֥וֹב
qrvb
adjective · 75×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×
שּׁוֹפָ֔ר
shvpr
noun · 72×
תָקְע֖וּ
tq'v
verb · 70×

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 15:28 — Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
  • 1Cor 14:8 — For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
  • 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • 1Thess 5:2 — For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • Acts 2:20 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
  • Amos 3:6 — Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
  • Amos 5:18 — Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
  • Amos 8:2 — And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
  • Dan 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,
  • Dan 9:16 — O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our
  • Dan 9:20 — And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
  • Ezek 7:5 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
  • Ezek 7:10 — Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
  • Ezek 7:12 — The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
  • Ezek 12:23 — Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
  • Ezek 12:23 — Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
  • Ezek 13:5 — Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
  • Ezek 30:3 — For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
  • Ezek 33:3 — If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
  • Ezek 33:3 — If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
  • Ezek 33:6 — But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood
  • Ezra 9:3 — And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
  • Hos 5:8 — Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
  • Hos 5:8 — Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
  • Hos 8:1 — Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
  • Isa 2:12 — For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
  • Isa 13:4 — The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
  • Isa 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
  • Isa 66:5 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they s
  • Jas 5:8 — Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
  • Jer 4:5 — Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
  • Jer 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss
  • Jer 16:7 — Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
  • Jer 16:10 — And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? o
  • Joel 1:15 — Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
  • Joel 1:15 — Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
  • Joel 2:15 — Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
  • Joel 2:15 — Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
  • Joel 3:14 — Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.