Joel 2:30

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I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

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  • Luke 21:11 : 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, as well as terrifying events and great signs from heaven.
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26 People will faint from fear and the expectation of what is coming upon the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.
  • Acts 2:19-20 : 19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
  • Rev 6:12-17 : 12 And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood. 13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. 15 The kings of the earth, the nobles, the wealthy, the military commanders, the mighty, and everyone—slave and free—hid themselves in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!' 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?
  • Rev 18:9 : 9 The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality with her and lived in luxury will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
  • Rev 18:18 : 18 And they cried out as they watched the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?'
  • Gen 19:28 : 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
  • Josh 8:20 : 20 When the men of Ai looked back, they saw the smoke of the city rising to the sky, and they had no power to flee in any direction. The Israelites who had fled toward the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
  • Judg 20:38 : 38 The appointed signal between the men of Israel and the ambush was to send up a great column of smoke from the city.
  • Judg 20:40 : 40 But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjaminites turned back and saw the entire city going up in smoke toward the sky.
  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
  • Mark 13:24-25 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

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    16 'No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.'

    17 ‘In the last days,’ says God, ‘I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

    18 Even on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

    19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and billows of smoke.

    20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

  • Joel 2:31-32
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    31 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

    32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved, for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.

  • Joel 2:28-29
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    28 And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.

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  • Joel 2:10
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    10 Before them, the earth quakes, the heavens tremble. The sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness.

  • Joel 3:15-16
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    15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will withdraw their brightness.

    16 The LORD will roar from Zion and shout from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel.

  • Joel 2:1-2
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    1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming—it is near.

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  • Isa 30:30
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    30 The LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and will display the strength of his arm with furious anger and consuming fire, with a cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

  • Zeph 1:17
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    17 I will bring distress on mankind, and they will walk like the blind because they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

  • Isa 13:13
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    13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, on the day of His fierce anger.

  • Isa 13:8-10
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    8 They will be terrified; pain and anguish will grip them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at each other in dismay, their faces aflame.

    9 See, the day of the LORD is coming—a cruel day with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and to destroy the sinners within it.

    10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened as it rises, and the moon will not shine its light.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
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    7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

    8 All the shining lights in the sky I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Isa 4:5
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    5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night; over everything glorious will be a canopy.

  • Hag 2:6
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    6 For the LORD of Hosts says this: Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

  • Isa 29:6
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    6 The LORD Almighty will come with thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise—storm and tempest, and a consuming flame of fire.

  • Isa 66:15
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    15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and His chariots will be like a whirlwind, to bring down His wrath in fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

  • Mark 13:24-25
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    24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

    25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

  • Jer 2:12
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    12 Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the LORD.

  • Rev 6:12
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    12 And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood.

  • Matt 24:29
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    29 Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.

  • Amos 2:5
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    5 'So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.'

  • Rev 13:13
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    13 It performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of the people.

  • Zeph 1:15
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    15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.

  • Amos 8:9
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  • Isa 30:25
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    25 On every high mountain and every lofty hill there will be streams of water flowing, in the day of great slaughter when the towers fall.

  • Hos 2:21
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    21 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness, justice, lovingkindness, and compassion.

  • Isa 26:21
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    21 See, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; it will conceal its slain no longer.

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    30 A terrible and shocking thing has happened in the land:

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    30 On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by the clouds.

  • Ezek 38:19-20
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    19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare: On that day, there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

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  • Luke 21:25
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    25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.

  • Mic 1:4
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    4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split open like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.

  • Isa 2:19
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    19 People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, fleeing from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.

  • Ezek 38:22
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    22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour down torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him and on his troops and on the many peoples with him.

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    9 Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed out from him.

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    31 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are. Exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

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    13 From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth.