The Coming Day of the Lord
1 Behold, See Joel 1:15a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2 For Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and [Luke 21:24] the city shall be taken Isa. 13:16and the houses plundered Lam. 5:11and the women raped. ch. 13:8;[Matt. 24:40,41]Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 [ch. 12:9]Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. 4 [ver. 1]; See ch. 12:3On that day his feet shall stand [Ezek. 11:23] on 2 Sam. 15:30the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and 2 Sam. 15:30the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by [ver. 10]a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. 5 And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from Amos 1:1the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.14:5 Other Hebrew manuscripts you
6 [See ver. 4above] On that day [Isa. 60:19;Rev. 21:23]there shall be [Isa. 60:19;Rev. 21:23]no light, cold, or frost.14:6 Compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain7 Rev. 21:25And there shall be a unique14:7 Hebrew one day, Matt. 24:36which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but [Isa. 30:26]at evening time there shall be light.
8 [See ver. 4above] On that day John 4:10;Rev. 22:1;[Isa. 33:21;Ezek. 47:1;Joel 3:18] living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to Joel 2:20the eastern sea14:8 That is, the Dead Sea and half of them to Joel 2:20the western sea.14:8 That is, the Mediterranean Sea[Isa. 33:16]It shall continue in summer as in winter.
9 And Ps. 47:7;[ver. 16, 17; Mal. 1:14] the Lord will be king over all the earth. [ver. 1]; See ch. 12:3On that day the Lord will be Eph. 4:5,6one and [ch. 13:2]his name one.
10 [ver. 4; Isa. 40:4] The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Josh. 18:24Geba to Josh. 15:32Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Isa. 2:2Jerusalem shall remain aloft ch. 12:6;[ch. 2:4] on its site from See Jer. 37:13the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to Jer. 31:38the Corner Gate, and from Neh. 3:1;Jer. 31:38the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. 11 And it shall be inhabited, for Rev. 22:3there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.14:11 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction[Jer. 23:6]Jerusalem shall dwell in security.
12 And this shall be [ver. 15, 18]the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
13 And See ch. 12:3on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that Hag. 2:22;[1 Sam. 14:20]each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. 14 Even [ch. 12:2] Judah will fight at Jerusalem.14:14 Or against Jerusalem And [Ezek. 39:10]the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance. 15 And [ver. 12]a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.
16 Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem See ch. 8:21shall go up year after year to worship [ver. 9] the King, the Lord of hosts, and [Nah. 1:15]; See Lev. 23:34to keep See Lev. 23:39-43the Feast of Booths. 17 And if Isa. 60:12any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship [See ver. 16above] the King, the Lord of hosts, See 1 Kgs. 17:1there will be no rain on them. 18 And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;14:18 Hebrew lacks rain there shall be [See ver. 15above] the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up [See ver. 16above]to keep the Feast of Booths. 19 This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up [See ver. 16above]to keep the Feast of Booths.
20 And See ch. 12:3on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, Ex. 28:36;Isa. 23:18;Mic. 4:13"Holy to the Lord." And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. 21 And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be [See ver. 20above] holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And Ezek. 44:9;See Joel 3:17there shall no longer be [Deut. 7:1,2] a trader14:21 Or Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts [See ver. 20above]on that day.