< Joel 2 >
1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
to blow trumpet in/on/with Zion and to shout in/on/with mountain: mount holiness my to tremble all to dwell [the] land: country/planet for to come (in): come day LORD for near
2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
day darkness and darkness day cloud and cloud like/as dawn to spread upon [the] mountain: mount people many and mighty like him not to be from [the] forever: antiquity and after him not to add: again till year generation and generation
3 Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
to/for face: before his to eat fire and after him to kindle flame like/as garden Eden [the] land: country/planet to/for face: before his and after him wilderness devastation and also survivor not to be to/for him
4 Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
like/as appearance horse appearance his and like/as horse so to run: run [emph?]
5 With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
like/as voice: sound chariot upon head: top [the] mountain: mount to skip about [emph?] like/as voice: sound flame fire to eat stubble like/as people: soldiers mighty to arrange battle
6 Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.
from face: before his to twist: writh in pain people all face to gather pale
7 They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
like/as mighty man to run: run [emph?] like/as human battle to ascend: rise wall and man: anyone in/on/with way: journey his to go: walk [emph?] and not to lend [emph?] way their
8 They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
and man: anyone brother: compatriot his not to crowd [emph?] great man in/on/with highway his to go: walk [emph?] and about/through/for [the] missile to fall: fall not to cut off: to end
9 They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
in/on/with city to rush in/on/with wall to run: run [emph?] in/on/with house: home to ascend: rise about/through/for [the] window to come (in): come like/as thief
10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
to/for face: before his to tremble land: country/planet to shake heaven sun and moon be dark and star to gather brightness their
11 The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
and LORD to give: cry out voice his to/for face: before strength: soldiers his for many much camp his for mighty to make: do word his for great: large day LORD and to fear: revere much and who? to sustain him
12 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
and also now utterance LORD to return: return till me in/on/with all heart your and in/on/with fast and in/on/with weeping and in/on/with mourning
13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
and to tear heart your and not garment your and to return: return to(wards) LORD God your for gracious and compassionate he/she/it slow face: anger and many kindness and to be sorry: relent upon [the] distress: harm
14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
who? to know to return: repent and to be sorry: relent and to remain after him blessing offering and drink offering to/for LORD God your
15 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
to blow trumpet in/on/with Zion to consecrate: consecate fast to call: call to assembly
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
to gather people to consecrate: consecate assembly to gather old: elder to gather infant and to suckle breast to come out: come son-in-law from chamber his and daughter-in-law: bride from canopy her
17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
between [the] Portico and to/for altar to weep [the] priest to minister LORD and to say to pity [emph?] LORD upon people your and not to give: make inheritance your to/for reproach to/for to rule in/on/with them nation to/for what? to say in/on/with people where? God their
18 Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
and be jealous LORD to/for land: country/planet his and to spare upon people his
19 And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
and to answer LORD and to say to/for people his look! I to send: depart to/for you [obj] [the] grain and [the] new wine and [the] oil and to satisfy with him and not to give: make [obj] you still reproach in/on/with nation
20 The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
and [obj] [the] northern to remove from upon you and to banish him to(wards) land: country/planet dryness and devastation [obj] face: before his to(wards) [the] sea [the] eastern and end his to(wards) [the] sea [the] last and to ascend: rise stench his and to ascend: rise stench his for to magnify to/for to make: do
21 Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
not to fear land: soil to rejoice and to rejoice for to magnify LORD to/for to make: do
22 Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
not to fear animal field for to sprout habitation wilderness for tree to lift: bear fruit his fig and vine to give: give strength: rich their
23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
and son: child Zion to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with LORD God your for to give: give to/for you [obj] [the] rain/teacher to/for righteousness and to go down to/for you rain rain/teacher and spring rain in/on/with first: previous
24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
and to fill [the] threshing floor grain and to overflow [the] wine new wine and oil
25 I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.
and to complete to/for you [obj] [the] year which to eat [the] locust [the] locust and [the] locust and [the] locust strength: soldiers my [the] great: large which to send: depart in/on/with you
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
and to eat to eat and to satisfy and to boast: praise [obj] name LORD God your which to make: do with you to/for to wonder and not be ashamed people my to/for forever: any time
27 Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
and to know for in/on/with entrails: among Israel I and I LORD God your and nothing still and not be ashamed people my to/for forever: any time
28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
and to be after so to pour: pour [obj] spirit my upon all flesh and to prophesy son: descendant/people your and daughter your old your dream to dream [emph?] youth your vision to see: see
29 Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
and also upon [the] servant/slave and upon [the] maidservant in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) to pour: pour [obj] spirit my
30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
and to give: make wonder in/on/with heaven and in/on/with land: country/planet blood and fire and column smoke
31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
[the] sun to overturn to/for darkness and [the] moon to/for blood to/for face: before to come (in): come day LORD [the] great: large and [the] to fear
32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
and to be all which to call: call to in/on/with name LORD to escape for in/on/with mountain: mount Zion and in/on/with Jerusalem to be survivor like/as as which to say LORD and in/on/with survivor which LORD to call: call to