< Joel 2 >
1 Blow 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 at hand;
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 gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; — a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.
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 A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth 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 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.
like/as appearance horse appearance his and like/as horse so to run: run [emph?]
5 Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains, they leap; like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
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 Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.
from face: before his to twist: writh in pain people all face to gather pale
7 They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and break not their ranks.
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 Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.
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 spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.
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 The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
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 And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for strong is he that executeth his word: for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can bear 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, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with 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 and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
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 knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah 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 trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;
to blow trumpet in/on/with Zion to consecrate: consecate fast to call: call to assembly
16 gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet.
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, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore 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 Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.
and be jealous LORD to/for land: country/planet his and to spare upon people his
19 And Jehovah will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I send you corn, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more 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 And I will remove far off from you him [that cometh] from the north, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, his face toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the hinder sea; and his stench shall come up, and his ill odour shall come up, for he hath exalted himself to do 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 — Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for Jehovah doeth great things.
not to fear land: soil to rejoice and to rejoice for to magnify LORD to/for to make: do
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring; for the tree beareth its fruit; the fig-tree and the vine yield full increase.
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 And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning [of the season].
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 And the floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
and to fill [the] threshing floor grain and to overflow [the] wine new wine and oil
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among 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 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of Jehovah your God, who hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, Jehovah, [am] your God, and there is none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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 it shall come to pass afterwards [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.
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 Yea, even upon the bondmen and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.
and also upon [the] servant/slave and upon [the] maidservant in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) to pour: pour [obj] spirit my
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars 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 shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
[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 it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Jehovah hath said, and for the residue whom Jehovah shall call.
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