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OET-RV JOEL Chapter 2

OETJOEL 2 ©

This is still a very early look into the unfinished text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

2:1Yahweh’s day arrives

2Blow 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.

2It’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.


3A 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.

4At first, it appears like horses,

and they run like war horses.[ref]

5Like 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.

6People flinch in horror when they see them coming.

All of their faces turn dark.[fn]

7They run like warriors.

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.

8There’s no jostling each other

each man marches straight forward.

They handle those who present weapons against them

and their progress isn’t interrupted.

9They rush upon the city.

They run along the wall.

They climb through the windows into the houses like thieves.


10The earth shakes as they approach.

The heavens tremble.

The sun and the moon become dark,

and the stars cease their shining.[ref]

11Yahweh 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

and who could possibly survive it?[ref]

2:12A call for genuine repentance

12Yahweh declares: Still even now,

return to me with all of your hearts,

and with fasting and weeping, and with mourning.

13Yes, tear your hearts and not your clothes,

and return to your God Yahweh

because he’s gracious and merciful,

slow to get angry but displaying loyal commitment,

and relenting from sending disaster.

14Who 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.

15Blow the shofar in Tsiyyon,

declare a fast,

announce an assembly.

16Gather the people,

consecrate the congregation,

assemble the elders,

gather the children

and the ones suckling the breasts.

May the bridegroom come out from his chamber

and the bride from her room.

17Let 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.

Why should the other nations ask, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

2:18The pegpalibed of kalambeg of land

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2:28The giving of God of Spirit he/his

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2:30The warning concerning the day of Master

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31[ref]

32[ref]


Joel 2:6b We don’t have a good understanding of an uncommon Hebrew word used here, so other translations might differ.


2:4-5: Rev 9:7-9.

2:10: Rev 8:12.

2:11: Rev 6:17.

2:31: Mat 24:29; Mrk 13:24-25; Luk 21:25; Rev 6:12-13.

2:28-32: Acts 2:17-21.

OETJOEL 2 ©

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