LET THE BRIDEGROOM GO FORTH OF HIS CHAMBER

JOEL 2

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; 

A DAY OF DARKNESS 

AND 

OF GLOOMINESS, 

A DAY 

OF 

CLOUDS 

AND 

OF 

THICK DARKNESS, 

AS 

THE MORNING SPREAD 

UPON THE MOUNTAINS: 

A GREAT PEOPLE 

AND 

A STRONG; 

THERE HATH 

NOT BEEN EVER 

THE LIKE, 

NEITHER SHALL 

BE ANY MORE 

AFTER IT, 

EVEN TO THE YEARS 

OF 

MANY GENERATIONS. 

A FIRE DEVOURETH 

BEFORE THEM; 

AND 

BEHIND THEM 

A FLAME BURNETH: 

THE LAND 

IS 

AS 

THE GARDEN OF EDEN 

BEFORE THEM, 

AND 

BEHIND THEM 

A DESOLATE WILDERNESS;

YEA, 

AND 

NOTHING 

SHALL ESCAPE THEM. 

THE APPEARANCE OF THEM 

IS AS 

THE APPEARANCE OF HORSES; 

AND 

AS HORSEMEN, 

SO SHALL THEY RUN. 

LIKE THE NOISE OF CHARIOTS

ON 

THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS 

SHALL THEY LEAP, 

LIKE 

THE NOISE OF A FLAME 

OF 

FIRE 

THAT 

DEVOURETH THE STUBBLE, 

AS A STRONG PEOPLE 

SET 

IN BATTLE ARRAY. 

BEFORE THEIR FACE 

THE PEOPLE SHALL BE MUCH PAINED: 

ALL FACES SHALL GATHER BLACKNESS. 

THEY SHALL RUN LIKE MIGHTY MEN; 

THEY SHALL CLIMB THE WALL 

LIKE MEN OF WAR; 

AND 

THEY SHALL MARCH 

EVERY ONE ON HIS WAYS, 

AND 

THEY SHALL NOT BREAK 

THEIR RANKS: 

NEITHER SHALL ONE

THRUST ANOTHER; 

THEY SHALL WALK 

EVERY ONE IN HIS PATH: 

AND 

WHEN THEY FALL UPON THE SWORD, 

THEY SHALL NOT BE WOUNDED. 

THEY SHALL RUN 

TO AND FRO IN THE CITY; 

THEY SHALL RUN UPON THE WALL, 

THEY SHALL CLIMB UP UPON THE HOUSES; 

THEY SHALL ENTER 

IN AT THE 

WINDOWS LIKE A THIEF. 

THE EARTH SHALL QUAKE 

BEFORE THEM; 

THE HEAVENS SHALL TREMBLE: 

THE SUN

AND

THE MOON SHALL BE DARK, 

AND 

THE STARS SHALL 

WITHDRAW 

THEIR SHINING: 

AND 

THE LORD SHALL UTTER 

HIS VOICE 

BEFORE HIS ARMY: 

FOR HIS CAMP 

IS 

VERY GREAT AND VERY TERRIBLE; 

AND 

WHO CAN ABIDE IT? 

THEREFORE ALSO NOW, 

SAITH THE LORD, 

TURN YE EVEN TO ME 

WITH ALL YOUR HEART, 

AND 

WITH FASTING,

AND 

WITH WEEPING, 

AND 

WITH MOURNING: 

AND 

REND YOUR HEART, 

AND 

NOT YOUR GARMENTS, 

AND 

TURN UNTO THE LORD YOUR GOD: 

FOR HE 

IS

GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL, 

SLOW TO ANGER, 

AND OF 

GREAT KINDNESS, 

AND 

REPENTETH HIM OF THE EVIL. 

WHO KNOWETH 

IF HE WILL 

RETURN AND REPENT, 

AND 

LEAVE 

A BLESSING BEHIND HIM; 

EVEN 

A MEAT OFFERING 

AND 

A DRINK OFFERING 

UNTO THE LORD YOUR GOD? 

BLOW 

THE TRUMPET IN ZION, 

SANCTIFY A FAST, 

CALL A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY: 

GATHER THE TRUMPET IN ZION, 

SANCTIFY A FAST, 

CALL A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY: 

GATHER THE PEOPLE, 

SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION, 

ASSEMBLE THE ELDERS, 

GATHER THE CHILDREN, 

AND 

THOSE THAT SUCK THE BREASTS: 

LET THE BRIDEGROOM 

GO FORTH 

OF 

HIS CHAMBER, 

AND 

THE BRIDE OUT OF HER CLOSET. 

LET THE PRIESTS, 

THE MINISTERS OF THE LORD, 

WEEP BETWEEN 

THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR, 

AND 

LET THEM SAY, 

SPARE THY PEOPLE, 

OH LORD, 

AND 

GIVE NOT THINE HERITAGE TO REPROACH, 

THAT THE HEATHEN 

SHOULD RULE OVER THEM: 

WHEREFORE SHOULD THEY 

SAY AMONG THE PEOPLE, 

WHERE IS THERE GOD? 

THEN WILL THE LORD 

BE JEALOUS 

FOR HIS LAND, 

AND PITY HIS PEOPLE. 

YEA, THE LORD WILL 

ANSWER AND SAY 

UNTO HIS PEOPLE, 

BEHOLD, 

I WILL SEND YOU CORN, 

AND 

WINE, 

AND 

OIL, 

AND 

YE SHALL BE SATISFIED 

THEREWITH: 

AND 

I WILL NO MORE MAKE YOU A REPROACH 

AMONG THE HEATHEN: 

BUT I WILL REMOVE 

FAR OFF FROM YOU 

THE NORTHERN ARMY, 

AND 

WILL DRIVE HIM 

INTO A LAND BARREN AND DESOLATE, 

WITH HIS 

FACE TOWARD THE EAST SEA, 

AND 

HIS HINDER PART 

TOWARD THE UTMOST SEA, 

AND 

HIS STINK SHALL COME UP, 

AND 

HIS ILL SAVOUR SHALL COME UP, 

BECAUSE HE HATH DONE GREAT THINGS. 

FEAR NOT, 

O LAND; 

BE GLAD AND REJOICE: 

FOR THE LORD WILL DO 

GREAT THINGS. 

BE NOT AFRAID, 

YE BEASTS OF THE FIELD: 

FOR 

THE PASTURES OF THE WILDERNESS 

DO SPRING, 

FOR THE TREE 

BEARETH HER FRUIT, 

THE FIG TREE AND THE VINE 

DO YIELD THEIR STRENGTH. 

BE GLAD THEN, 

YE CHILDREN OF ZION, 

AND 

REJOICE IN THE LORD 

YOUR GOD: 

FOR HE HATH GIVEN YOU 

THE FORMER RAIN MODERATELY, 

AND 

HE WILL CAUSE TO COME DOWN FOR YOU THE RAIN, 

THE FORMER RAIN, 

AND 

THE LATTER RAIN IN THE FIRST MONTH. 

AND 

THE FLOORS SHALL BE FULL OF WHEAT, 

AND 

THE VATS SHALL OVERFLOW 

WITH WINE AND OIL. 

AND 

I WILL RESTORE TO YOU THE YEARS 

THAT THE LOCUST HATH EATEN, 

THE CANKERWORM, 

AND 

THE CATERPILLER,

AND 

THE PALMERWORM, 

MY GREAT ARMY 

WHICH I SENT AMONG YOU. 

AND 

YE SHALL EAT IN PLENTY, 

AND 

BE SATISFIED, 

AND 

PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, 

THAT 

HATH DEALT 

WONDROUSLY WITH YOU: 

AND 

MY PEOPLE SHALL NEVER BE ASHAMED. 

AND 

YE SHALL KNOW THAT 

I AM 

IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL, 

AND 

THAT I AM 

THE LORD GOD, 

AND 

NONE ELSE: 

AND 

MY PEOPLE SHALL NEVER BE ASHAMED. 

AND 

IT SHALL COME TO PASS AFTERWARD, 

THAT 

I WILL 

POUR OUT MY SPIRIT 

UPON ALL FLESH; 

AND 

YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, 

YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS, 

YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS: 

AND 

ALSO UPON THE SERVANTS 

AND 

UPON THE HANDMAIDS 

IN THOSE DAYS 

WILL I POUR OUT MY SPIRIT. 

AND 

I WILL SHEW WONDERS 

IN HEAVEN AND IN THE EARTH, 

BLOOD, 

AND 

FIRE, 

AND 

PILLARS OF SMOKE. 

THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED

INTO DARKNESS,

AND

THE MOON INTO BLOOD,

BEFORE

THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE

DAY OF THE LORD COME.

AND 

IT SHALL COME TO PASS, 

THAT WHOSOEVER 

SHALL CALL 

ON 

THE NAME OF THE LORD 

SHALL BE DELIVERED: 

FOR 

IN MOUNT ZION 

AND 

IN JERUSALEM 

SHALL BE DELIVERANCE, 

AS 

THE LORD HATH SAID, 

AND 

IN 

THE REMNANT WHOM 

THE LORD SHALL CALL. 

LOVE