Joel 2:11 “The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His cam…”

Joel 2:11

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

World English Bible

The LORD thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of the LORD is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

American Standard Version

And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for he is strong that executeth his word; for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord shall vtter his voyce before his hoste: for his hoste is very great: for he is strog that doeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can abide it?

Darby Translation

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?

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah hath given forth His voice before His force, For very great [is] His camp, For mighty [is] the doer of His word, For great [is] the day of Jehovah — very fearful, And who doth bear it?

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it?

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Cross references

“utter”

Joel 3:16 Psalm 46:6 Isaiah 13:4 Isaiah 42:13 Jeremiah 25:30 Isaiah 7:18

Joel 3:16 · BSB

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Psalm 46:6 · BSB

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

Isaiah 13:4 · BSB

Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

Isaiah 42:13 · BSB

The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

Jeremiah 25:30 · BSB

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grap…

Isaiah 7:18 · BSB

On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

“he is”

Revelation 18:8 Jeremiah 50:34

Revelation 18:8 · BSB

Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Jeremiah 50:34 · BSB

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

“the day”

Jeremiah 30:7 Amos 5:20 Amos 5:18 Zephaniah 1:15

Jeremiah 30:7 · BSB

How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

Amos 5:20 · BSB

Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

Amos 5:18 · BSB

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

Zephaniah 1:15 · BSB

That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

“who”

Malachi 3:2 Nahum 1:6 Revelation 6:17 Numbers 24:23

Malachi 3:2 · BSB

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

Nahum 1:6 · BSB

Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

Revelation 6:17 · BSB

For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Numbers 24:23 · BSB

Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

Also

Joel 1:15 Joel 2:31 Zephaniah 1:14–15 Joel 2:25 Ezekiel 22:14

Joel 1:15 · BSB

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:31 · BSB

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:14–15 · BSB

The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

Joel 2:25 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 22:14 · BSB

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

12“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

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