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2 Blow the shofar in Tsiyyon (Zion),
≈and shout on the mountain of my holiness.
Let all of the country’s residents tremble,
because Yahweh’s day is coming,
yes, it’s close.
2 It’ll be a day of darkness and gloom—
a day of clouds and thick darkness
like the dawn being spread out on the mountains.
There hasn’t been a great and mighty army like that since the beginning of time,
and after it there won’t be again for many generations.
3 A devouring fire goes ahead of it,
and behind it a flame is burning.
Ahead of it, the land is like the garden of Eden,
but behind it is a wilderness of desolation,
and indeed, there’s no escape from it.
4 At first, it appears like horses,
and they run like war horses.[ref]
5 Like the sound of chariots, they leap along the tops of the hills—
like the sound of a flames devouring stubble,
like a mighty people organised for war.
6 People flinch in horror when they see them coming.
All of their faces turn dark.[fn]
Like men of war, they climb the wall.
Then they walk, each man choosing his own way forward,
and they don’t veer off their paths.
8 There’s no jostling each other—
each man marches straight forward.
They handle those who present weapons against them
and their progress isn’t interrupted.
They run along the wall.
They climb through the windows into the houses like thieves.
10 The earth shakes as they approach.
The sun and the moon become dark,
≈and the stars cease their shining.[ref]
11 Yahweh speaks in front of his army,
because there’s a huge number of them,
because those executing his commands are very powerful.
Yes, Yahweh’s day is really terrible
12 Yahweh declares: Still even now,
return to me with all of your hearts,
and with fasting and weeping, and with mourning.
13 Yes, tear your hearts and not your clothes,
because he’s gracious and merciful,
slow to get angry but displaying loyal commitment,
and relenting from sending disaster.
14 Who knows? He might change his mind and relent
and leave a blessing after him:
grain and wine that you all can use as offerings for your God Yahweh.
15 Blow the shofar in Tsiyyon,
declare a fast,
announce an assembly.
≈consecrate the congregation,
gather the children
≈and the ones suckling the breasts.
May the bridegroom come out from his chamber
≈and the bride from her room.
17 Let Yahweh’s servants the priests weep between the porch and the altar.
And let them say, “Have pity upon your people, Yahweh,
and don’t allow others to mock the people that you inherited,
and then for other nations to rule over them.
Joel 2:6b We don’t have a good understanding of an uncommon Hebrew word used here, so other translations might differ.