Dual Panel1Blow <08628> the trumpet <07782> in Zion <06726>; sound the alarm signal <07321> on my holy <06944> mountain <02022>! Let all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776> shake with fear <07264>, for <03588> the day <03117> of the Lord <03068> is about to come <0935>. Indeed <03588>, it is near <07138>!
2It will be a day <03117> of dreadful <0653> darkness <02822>, a day <03117> of foreboding <06205> storm clouds <06051>, like blackness <07837> spread <06566> over <05921> the mountains <02022>. It is a huge <07227> and powerful <06099> army <05971>– there has never <03808> been <01961> anything like <03644> it ever <05769> before, and there will not <03808> be anything like it for many generations <01755> to come <01755>!
3Like fire <0784> they devour <0398> everything in their path; a flame <03852> blazes <03857> behind <0310> them. The land <0776> looks like the Garden <01588> of Eden <05731> before <06440> them, but behind <0310> them there is only a desolate <08077> wilderness <04057>– for nothing <03808> escapes <06413> them!
4They look like <04758> <04758> horses <05483>; they charge ahead like war horses <06571>.
5They sound <06963> like chariots <04818> rumbling <07540> over <05921> mountain <02022> tops <07218>, like the crackling <06963> of blazing <03851> fire <0784> consuming <0398> stubble <07179>, like the noise of a mighty <06099> army <05971> being drawn up <06186> for battle <04421>.
6People <05971> writhe in fear <02342> when they see them. All <03605> of their faces <06440> turn <06908> pale <06289> with fright.
7They charge <07323> like warriors <01368>; they <0376> scale <05927> walls <02346> like soldiers <04421>. Each <0376> one proceeds <01980> on his course <01870>; they do not <03808> alter <05670> their path <0734>.
8They <0376> do not <03808> jostle <01766> one another <0251>; each of them <01397> marches <01980> straight ahead <04546>. They burst <05307> through <01157> the city defenses <07973> and do not <03808> break ranks <01214>.
9They rush into <08264> the city <05892>; they scale <07323> its walls <02346>. They climb up <05927> into the houses <01004>; they go in <0935> through <01157> the windows <02474> like a thief <01590>.
10The earth <0776> quakes <07264> before <06440> them; the sky <08064> reverberates <07493>. The sun <08121> and the moon <03394> grow dark <06937>; the stars <03556> refuse <0622> to shine <05051>.
11The voice <06963> of the Lord <03069> thunders <05414> as he leads <06440> his army <02426>. Indeed <03588>, his warriors <04264> are innumerable <03966> <07227>; Surely <03588> his command <01697> is carried out <06213>! Yes <03588>, the day <03117> of the Lord <03069> is awesome <01419> and very <03966> terrifying <03372>– who <04310> can survive <03557> it?
12“Yet even <01571> now <06258>,” the Lord <03068> says <05002>, “return <07725> to <05704> me with all <03605> your heart <03824>– with fasting <06685>, weeping <01065>, and mourning <04553>. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!”
13Return <07725> to <0413> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, for <03588> he is merciful <02587> and compassionate <07349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639> and boundless <07227> in loyal love <02617>– often relenting <05162> from <05921> calamitous punishment <07451>.
14Who <04310> knows <03045>? Perhaps he will be compassionate <05162> and grant a reprieve <07725>, and leave <07604> blessing <01293> in his wake– a meal offering <04503> and a drink offering <05262> for you to offer to the Lord <03068> your God <0430>!
15Blow <08628> the trumpet <07782> in Zion <06726>. Announce a holy <06942> fast <06685>; proclaim <07121> a sacred assembly <06116>!
16Gather <0622> the people <05971>; sanctify <06942> an assembly <06951>! Gather <06908> the elders <02205>; gather <0622> the children <05768> and the nursing infants <07699> <03243>. Let the bridegroom <02860> come out <03318> from his bedroom <02315> and the bride <03618> from her private quarters <02646>.
17Let the priests <03548>, those who serve <08334> the Lord <03068>, weep <01058> from <0996> the vestibule <0197> all the way back to the altar <04196>. Let them say <0559>, “Have pity <02347>, O Lord <03068>, on <05921> your people <05971>; please do not <0408> turn over <05414> your inheritance <05159> to be mocked <02781>, to become a proverb <04910> among the nations <01471>. Why <04100> should it be said <0559> among the peoples <05971>, “Where <0346> is their God <0430>?”
18Then the Lord <03068> became zealous <07065> for his land <0776>; he had compassion <02550> on <05921> his people <05971>.
19The Lord <03068> responded <0559> <06030> to his people <05971>, “Look <02005>! I am about to restore <07971> your grain <01715> as well as fresh wine <08492> and olive oil <03323>. You will be fully satisfied <07646>. I will never <03808> again <05750> make <05414> you an object of mockery <02781> among the nations <01471>.
20I will remove <07368> the one from the north <06830> far <07368> from <05921> you. I will drive <05080> him out <05080> to <0413> a dry <06723> and desolate <08077> place <0776>. Those in front <06440> will be driven eastward <06931> into <0413> the Dead Sea <03220>, and those in back <05490> westward into <0413> the Mediterranean <0314> Sea <03220>. His stench <0889> will rise up <05927> as a foul smell <06709>.” Indeed <03588>, the Lord has accomplished <06213> great things <01431>.
21Do not <0408> fear <03372>, my land <0127>! Rejoice <01523> and be glad <08055>, because <03588> the Lord <03068> has accomplished great things <01431>!
22Do not <0408> fear <03372>, wild <07704> animals <0929>! For <03588> the pastures <04999> of the wilderness <04057> are again green with grass <01876>. Indeed <03588>, the trees <06086> bear <05375> their fruit <06529>; the fig tree <08384> and the vine <01612> yield <05414> to their fullest <02426>.
23Citizens <01121> of Zion <06726>, rejoice <01523>! Be glad <08055> because of what the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has done! For <03588> he has given <05414> to you the early rains <04175> as vindication <06666>. He has sent <03381> to you the rains <01653>– both the early <04175> and the late rains <04456> as formerly <07223>.
24The threshing floors <01637> are full <04390> of grain <01250>; the vats <03342> overflow <07783> with fresh wine <08492> and olive oil <03323>.
25I will make up <07999> for the years <08141> that <0834> the ‘arbeh-locust <0697> consumed <0398> your crops– the yeleq-locust <03218>, the hasil-locust <02625>, and the gazam-locust <01501>– my great <01419> army <02426> that <0834> I sent against <07971> you.
26You will have plenty <0398> to eat <0398>, and your hunger will be fully satisfied <07646>; you will praise <01984> the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, who <0834> has acted <06213> wondrously <06381> in your behalf. My people <05971> will never <05769> again be put to shame <0954>.
27You will be convinced <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am in the midst <07130> of Israel <03478>. I <0589> am the Lord <03068> your God <0430>; there is no <0369> other. My people <05971> will never <05769> <03808> again <05750> be put to shame <0954>.
28After <0310> all of this <03651> I will pour out <08210> my Spirit <07307> on <05921> all <03605> kinds <01320> of people. Your sons <01121> and daughters <01323> will prophesy <05012>. Your elderly <02205> will have revelatory <02492> dreams <02472>; your young men <0970> will see <07200> prophetic visions <02384>.
29Even <01571> on <05921> male <05650> and female <08198> servants <08198> <05650> I will pour out <08210> my Spirit <07307> in those <01992> days <03117>.
30I will produce <05414> portents <04159> both in the sky <08064> and on the earth <0776>– blood <01818>, fire <0784>, and columns <08490> of smoke <06227>.
31The sunlight <08121> will be turned <02015> to darkness <02822> and the moon <03394> to the color of blood <01818>, before <06440> the day <03117> of the Lord <03068> comes <0935>– that great <01419> and terrible <03372> day!
32It will so happen <01961> that everyone <03605> who <0834> calls <07121> on the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> will be delivered <04422>. For <03588> on Mount <02022> Zion <06726> and in Jerusalem <03389> there will be <01961> those who survive <08300>, just <0834> as the Lord <03068> has promised <0559>; the remnant <06413> will be those whom <0834> the Lord <03068> will call <07121>.