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Joel 2:11

Verse 11 of 32. The 2nd of 3 chapters in Joel, in The Minor Prophets.

7They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.

8One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.

9They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

10The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

11The 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?

12“Yet even now,” says the LORD, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

13Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

14Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD, your God.

15Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.