Acts 2:16

World English Bible (2000)

But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

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  • Joel 2:28-32 : 28 "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. 29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit. 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. 32 It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

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    17'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

    18Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

    19I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

    20The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

    21It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

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  • Joel 2:28-32
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    28"It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

    29And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

    30I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

    31The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

    32It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

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