Joel 1:15 Parallel Translations

This will be a terrible day! The day of the LORD is near, and it will come like destruction from the Almighty.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

ASV:

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

BBE:

Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.

DBY:

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

ERV:

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come,

JPS:

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

WBS:

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

WEB:

Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

YLT:

And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

Joel 1:15 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 13:6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.

Jeremiah 30:7 'Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it.

Ezekiel 7:2 "And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, 'An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.

Joel 2:1 Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near,

Joel 2:11 The LORD utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great, For strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it?

Amos 5:16 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, "There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, 'Alas! Alas!' They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:15 Alas for the day! for the {i} day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
(i) We see by these great plagues that utter destruction is at hand.

WES:

1:15 The day of the Lord - A day of greater trouble than yet they felt, troubles which God will heap upon them. Shall it come - Unless fasting, prayers and amendment prevent.

MHC:

1:14-20 The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin must be confessed and bewailed. A day is to be appointed for this purpose; a day in which people must be kept from their common employments, that they may more closely attend God's services; and there is to be abstaining from meat and drink. Every one had added to the national guilt, all shared in the national calamity, therefore every one must join in repentance. When joy and gladness are cut off from God's house, when serious godliness decays, and love waxes cold, then it is time to cry unto the Lord. The prophet describes how grievous the calamity. See even the inferior creatures suffering for our transgression. And what better are they than beasts, who never cry to God but for corn and wine, and complain of the want of the delights of sense? Yet their crying to God in those cases, shames the stupidity of those who cry not to God in any case. Whatever may become of the nations and churches that persist in ungodliness, believers will find the comfort of acceptance with God, when the wicked shall be burned up with his indignation.

CONC:

Alas Almighty Cry Destruction Mighty Ruler Sorrow

Alas Almighty Cry Destruction Hand Mighty Ruler Sorrow

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