Joel 2:1-11
“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.”
King James Version
The Day of the LORD announced with trumpet alarm, the eschatological judgment described in apocalyptic imagery.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 24:31 1 Thessalonians 5:2 Joel 2:28
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'Blow ye the trumpet in Zion... for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand' — a day of darkness, an irresistible army, 'the LORD shall utter his voice before his army.' The day of the LORD is the day of God's own coming in judgment, consummated at the return of the Lord Jesus (1 Thess. 5:2). The same chapter then turns to mercy and the outpouring of the Spirit (Joel 2:28; Acts 2) — judgment and grace from the one God.
JewishA trumpet-alarm summoning Judah to repentance before the day of the LORD, pictured as a devastating locust-like army; a call to return to God.
CatholicThe day of the LORD's judgment, calling for repentance, set before the promise of the Spirit (Joel 2:28); read eschatologically.
ProtestantThe day of the LORD heralded by the trumpet; judgment that calls for repentance, with an end-time horizon (1 Thess. 5).
AcademicJoel's locust plague becomes the lens for the day of the LORD; whether literal locusts or an apocalyptic army is debated.
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