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Joel 2:32

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

KJV

Et erit : omnis qui invocaverit nomen Domini, salvus erit : quia in monte Sion et in Jerusalem erit salvatio, sicut dixit Dominus, et in residuis quos Dominus vocaverit.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου σωθήσεται· ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σειὼν καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔσται ἀνασωζόμενος, καθότι εἶπεν Κύριος, καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι οὓς Κύριος προσκέκληται.

LXX

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.

ASV

And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved: for in Mount Sion, and in Jerusalem shall be salvation, as the Lord hath said, and in the residue whom the Lord shall call.

Douay-Rheims

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Places Mount Zion

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.

  • Acts 2:21 · exact_quote
    "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
    Joel: whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved
  • Rom 10:13 · exact_quote
    "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
    Joel: everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

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

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210217.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart. Israel's failure is not God's failure but their own: seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. The word of faith is near — in thy mouth and in thy heart. How shall th…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
  • 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:
  • Acts 2:21 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
  • Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
  • Acts 7:59 — And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
  • Gen 4:26 — And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
  • Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
  • Isa 4:2 — In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
  • Isa 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,
  • Isa 46:13 — I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
  • Isa 59:20 — And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
  • Isa 59:20 — And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 31:7 — For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
  • Jer 33:3 — Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
  • Jer 33:3 — Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
  • John 10:16 — And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
  • Mic 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
  • Obad 1:17 — But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
  • Obad 1:17 — But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
  • Ps 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 87:2 — The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  • Ps 105:1 — O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
  • Rev 14:1 — And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
  • Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
  • Rom 9:27 — Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
  • Rom 10:11 — For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  • Rom 10:13 — For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Rom 11:26 — And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
  • Zech 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my
  • Zech 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my
  • Zech 14:16 — And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast