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^aBlow a trumpet in Zion,And sound an alarm on My holy mountain!Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,For the ^bday of the LORD is coming;Indeed, it is near,2 A day of ^adarkness and gloom,A day of clouds and thick darkness.As dawn is spread over the mountains,So there is a ^bgreat and mighty people;There has ^cnever been anything like it,Nor will there be again after itTo the years of many generations.3 A ^afire consumes before them,And behind them a flame devours.The land is ^blike the Garden of Eden before them,But a ^cdesolate wilderness behind them,And nothing at all escapes them.4 Their ^aappearance is like the appearance of horses;And like war horses, so they run.5 ¹With a ^anoise as of chariotsThey leap about on the tops of the mountains,Like the ²crackling of a ^bflame of fire consuming the stubble,Like a mighty people drawn up for battle.6 Before them the people are in ^aanguish;All ^bfaces ¹turn pale.7 They run like warriors,They climb the wall like soldiers;And each of them ^amarches ¹in line,Nor do they lose their way.8 They do not crowd each other,Every warrior of them marches in his path;When they ¹burst through the ²defenses,They do not break ranks.9 They storm the city,They run on the wall;They climb into the ^ahouses,They ^benter through the windows like a thief.10 Before them the earth ^aquakes,The heavens tremble,The ^bsun and the moon become dark,And the stars lose their brightness.11 The LORD ^autters His voice before ^bHis army;His camp is indeed very great,For ^cmighty is one who carries out His word.The ^dday of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome,And ^ewho can endure it?12 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD,“^aReturn to Me with all your heart,And with ^bfasting, weeping, and mourning;13 And ^atear your heart and not merely ^byour garments.”Now return to the LORD your God,For He is ^cgracious and compassionate,Slow to anger, abounding in mercyAnd ^drelenting of catastrophe.14 Who knows, ^aHe might turn and relent,And leave a ^bblessing behind Him,Resulting in ^ca grain offering and a drink offeringFor the LORD your God.15 ^aBlow a trumpet in Zion,^bConsecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,16 Gather the people, ^asanctify the congregation,Assemble the elders,Gather the children and the nursing infants.Have the ^bgroom come out of his roomAnd the bride out of her bridal chamber.17 Let the priests, the LORD’S ministers,Weep ^abetween the porch and the altar,And let them say, “¹^bSpare Your people, LORD,And do not make Your inheritance a ^cdisgrace,With the nations jeering at them.Why should those among the peoples say,‘^dWhere is their God?’”

18 Then the LORD ¹will be ^azealous for His land,And ²will have ^bcompassion for His people.19 The LORD ¹will answer and say to His people,“Behold, I am going to ^asend you grain, new wine, and oil,And you will be satisfied in full with ²them;And I will ^bnever again make you a disgrace among the nations.20 “But I will remove the ^anorthern army far from you,And I will drive it into a dry and desolate land,Its advance guard into the ^beastern sea,And its rear guard into the ^cwestern sea.And its ^dstench will ascend and its odor of decay will come up,Because it has done great things.”

21 ^aDo not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice,For the LORD has done ^bgreat things.22 Do not fear, animals of the field,For the ^apastures of the wilderness have turned green,For the tree has produced its fruit,The fig tree and the vine have yielded ¹in full.23 So shout for joy, you ^asons of Zion,And ^brejoice in the LORD your God;For He has ^cgiven you ¹the early rain for your vindication.And He has brought down for you the rain,The ²early and ³^dlatter rain ⁴as before.24 The threshing floors will be full of grain,And the vats will ^aoverflow with the new wine and oil.25 “Then I will compensate you for the yearsThat the ¹swarming ^alocust has eaten,The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—My great army which I sent among you.26 “You will have plenty to ^aeat and be satisfied,And you will ^bpraise the name of the LORD your God,Who has ^cdealt wondrously with you;Then My people will ^dnever be put to shame.27 “So you will ^aknow that I am in the midst of Israel,And that I am the LORD your GodAnd there is ^bno other;And My people will never be ^cput to shame.

28 “¹^aIt will come about after thisThat I will ^bpour out My Spirit on all ²^cmankind;And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,Your old men will have dreams,Your young men will see visions.29 “And even on the ^amale and female servantsI will pour out My Spirit in those days.

30 “I will ¹^adisplay wonders in the sky and on the earth,Blood, fire, and columns of smoke.31 “The ^asun will be turned into darkness,And the moon into blood,Before the ^bgreat and awesome day of the LORD comes.32 “And it will come about that ^aeveryone who calls on the name of the LORDWill ¹be saved;For ^bon Mount Zion and in JerusalemThere will be those who ^cescape,Just as the LORD has said,Even among the ^dsurvivors whom the LORD calls.