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Joel 2:1

Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain,.... This is spoken to the priests, whose business it was to blow the trumpets for calling solemn assemblies to meet in Zion, the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Blow ye the trumpet - The trumpet was accustomed to sound in Zion, only for religious uses; to call together the congregations for holy meetings, to usher in the beginnings of their months and their…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joel 2:1-11

Here we have God contending with his own professing people for their sins and executing upon them the judgment written in the law (Deu 28:42), The fruit of thy land shall the locust consume, which was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Joel 2:1-7

Part I. Chap. Joe 1:2 to Joe 2:17

Description of the present calamity (ch. 1.). The terrible "Day of Jehovah," of which it is the harbinger (Joe 2:1-11), but which may yet be averted by the nation's…