Joel 2:6

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Before them, nations writhe in anguish; every face turns pale.

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  • Nah 2:10 : 10 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the abundance of all treasures.
  • Isa 13:8 : 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.
  • Jer 30:6 : 6 Ask now and see: Can a man give birth? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, and every face turned pale?
  • Lam 4:8 : 8 Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it has become as dry as wood.
  • Jer 8:21 : 21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
  • Ps 119:83 : 83 For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I have not forgotten Your statutes.

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    7 Because of this, every hand will go limp and every human heart will melt with fear.

    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.

  • Nah 2:10
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    10 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the abundance of all treasures.

  • Joel 2:2-5
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    2 It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, a great and mighty army comes, unlike any seen before, and none will be seen again for generations to follow.

    3 Before them, fire devours; behind them, flames blaze. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is a desolate wilderness—nothing escapes them.

    4 Their appearance is like that of horses; like warhorses, they run.

    5 With the noise of chariots, they leap over the mountaintops, like the crackling of a blazing fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army arrayed for battle.

  • 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 2:7
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    7 They charge like mighty warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each marches in formation without veering off course.

  • Isa 8:21-22
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    21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged, and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

    22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

  • Ezek 7:17-18
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    17 All hands will hang limp, and every knee will become weak as water.

    18 They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on every face, and every head will be shaved.

  • Isa 5:30
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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.

  • Lam 4:8
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    8 Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it has become as dry as wood.

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    6 Ask now and see: Can a man give birth? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, and every face turned pale?

  • Ezek 27:30
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    30 They will mourn over you with loud cries, bitterly wailing, throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.

  • Nah 2:3-5
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    3 For the LORD has restored the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel. Even though plunderers have ravaged them and destroyed their vines.

    4 The shields of his warriors are stained red; his mighty men are dressed in scarlet. The chariots flash with fire as they are made ready, and the spears of cypress are brandished.

    5 The chariots race wildly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the squares. Their appearance is like torches, and they dart about like lightning.

  • Hab 1:9
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    9 They all come for violence; their faces are set to advance. They gather captives like sand.

  • Exod 15:14-15
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    14 The peoples have heard; they tremble; anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

    15 The chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the leaders of Moab tremble; the inhabitants of Canaan melt away.

  • Jer 6:23-24
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    23 They grasp bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, arrayed as men for battle against you, Daughter Zion.'

    24 We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

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

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    35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you; their kings shudder with horror, their faces troubled.

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    16 I heard, and my heart pounded; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay crept into my bones, and I trembled where I stood. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come upon the nation invading us.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    14 The great day of the Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; there, even the mighty warrior cries out.

    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.

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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.

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    16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn. All who pass by it are appalled and shake their heads.

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    23 Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap.

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    10 Our skin is hot as an oven, burned from the raging heat of famine.

  • Isa 2:21
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    21 They will go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts of the crags, hiding from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.

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    21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.

  • Jer 46:5
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    5 Why do I see them terrified, retreating? Their warriors are beaten down; they flee in haste without looking back—terror is all around! declares the Lord.

  • Isa 15:3
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    3 In its streets, they wear sackcloth. On its rooftops and public squares, everyone wails, falling down in tears.

  • Mic 7:16
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    16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

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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.

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    2 Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem rises up.

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    16 Those who see you will stare at you; they will contemplate you, saying, 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble and shook the kingdoms?'

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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.

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  • Jer 13:16
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    16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

  • Isa 17:12
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    12 Woe to the multitude of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas, and the rushing of nations that is like the rushing of mighty waters.

  • 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.

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    7 They are terrifying and dreadful; their justice and authority originate with themselves.

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    6 They saw it and were astounded; they were terrified and fled in alarm.

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