Joel 2:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Blow 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 is coming, for it is near at hand;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּקְע֨וּ שׁוֹפָ֜ר בְּצִיּ֗וֹן וְהָרִ֙יעוּ֙ בְּהַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֔י יִרְגְּז֕וּ כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־בָ֥א יוֹם־יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֥י קָרֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

Tiqʿû shôfār in Tsiyôn and hārîʿû in har qodshî yirgezû all yōshebê the hāʾārets because-bāʾ yôm-YHWH because qārôb.

Grammar Details

• *Tiqʿû*: imperative, 2nd person plural - blow/sound [command]
• *shôfār*: masculine singular noun - trumpet/ram's horn
• *Tsiyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *hārîʿû*: hiphil imperative, 2nd person plural - sound an alarm/shout
• *har*: masculine singular construct - mountain of
• *qodshî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my holiness/my holy
• *yirgezû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will tremble/be agitated
• *yōshebê*: masculine plural construct participle - inhabitants of/dwellers of
• *hāʾārets*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land/the earth
• *bāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has come
• *yôm*: masculine singular construct - day of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
• *qārôb*: masculine singular adjective - near/at hand

Word Meanings

• *Tiqʿû*: blow/sound/blast
• *shôfār*: ram's horn/trumpet
• *hārîʿû*: sound an alarm/shout/make a loud noise
• *yirgezû*: tremble/be agitated/be disturbed
• *hāʾārets*: the land/the earth/the ground
• *bāʾ*: has come/is coming
• *qārôb*: near/imminent/approaching

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Blow{H8628} ye the trumpet{H7782} in Zion,{H6726} and sound an alarm{H7321} in my holy{H6944} mountain;{H2022} let all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} tremble:{H7264} for the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} cometh,{H935} for it is nigh at hand;{H7138}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Blow{H8628}{(H8798)} ye the trumpet{H7782} in Zion{H6726}, and sound an alarm{H7321}{(H8685)} in my holy{H6944} mountain{H2022}: let all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} tremble{H7264}{(H8799)}: for the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} cometh{H935}{(H8804)}, for it is nigh at hand{H7138};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Blowe out ye trompet in Sion, & crie vpo my holy hill, yt all soch as dwel in the londe, maye treble at it: for ye daie of the LORDE commeth, & is harde at honde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Blowe the trumpet in Zion, and shoute in mine holy mountaine: let all the inhabitants of the lande tremble: for the day of the Lorde is come: for it is at hand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion, and showte in my holy hyll, let all the inhabitauntes of the earth tremble: for the day of the Lorde is come, for it is nye at hande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for `it is' near!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let the horn be sounded in Zion, and a war-cry in my holy mountain; let all the people of the land be troubled: for the day of the Lord is coming;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Locusts’ Devastation Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:5 : 5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem; and say, Blow the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
• Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come.
• Joel 2:15 : 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly.
• Obad 1:15 : 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done to you; your recompense shall return upon your own head.
• Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not brought it?
• Zeph 1:16 : 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
• Joel 3:17 : 17 So shall you know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and strangers shall no longer pass through her.
• Hos 5:8 : 8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin.
• Jer 5:22 : 22 Do you not fear me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
• Num 10:5-9 : 5 When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are on the east side shall go forward. 6 When you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be for you an ordinance forever throughout your generations. 9 And if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
• 1 Chr 15:28 : 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
• Ezra 9:3-4 : 3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled out the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished. 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the transgression of those who had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.
• Ps 87:1 : 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
• Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low:
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
• Jer 16:7 : 7 Nor shall anyone break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall anyone give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother.
• Jer 16:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
• Ezek 7:5-7 : 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, has come. 6 An end has come, the end has come; it watches for you; behold, it has come. 7 The morning has come upon you, O you that dwell in the land; the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting from the mountains.
• Ezek 7:10 : 10 Behold the day, behold, it has come; the morning has gone forth, the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
• Ezek 7:12 : 12 The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
• Ezek 12:23 : 23 Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb cease, and they shall no longer use it as a proverb in Israel; but say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
• Ezek 33:3 : 3 If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people;
• Ezek 33:6 : 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be until the end.
• Dan 9:16 : 16 O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I plead with You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain: because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all around us.
• Dan 9:20 : 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
• Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and trespassed against my law.
• Amos 8:2 : 2 And He said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the LORD said to me, The end has come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.
• Zeph 1:14 : 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly.
• Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day you shall not be ashamed for all your deeds, wherein you have transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of you those that rejoice in your pride, and you shall no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
• Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD; I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.
• Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.
• Jas 5:8 : 8 Be also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is near.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• Num 10:3 : 3 And when they blow them, all the assembly shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tabernacle of meeting.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.