Joel 1:15 · KJV
“Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD {is} at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”
— Joel 1:15
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders {and} all the inhabitants of the land {into} the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, {solemn...: or, day of restraint}
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, {yea}, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Joel 1 — Context
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders {and} all the inhabitants of the land {into} the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, {solemn...: or, day of restraint}
15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD {is} at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, {yea}, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. {seed: Heb. grains}
Cross References
Isaiah 13:6-9
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD {is} at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Jeremiah 30:7
Alas! for that day {is} great, so that none {is} like it: it {is} even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Zephaniah 1:14-18
The great day of the LORD {is} near, {it is} near, and hasteth greatly, {even} the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
Ezekiel 7:2-12
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
James 5:9
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. {Grudge not: or, Groan, or, Grieve not}
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Joel 2:11
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp {is} very great: for {he is} strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD {is} great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.