Joel 2:1
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"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;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
תָּקַע
tâqaʻ
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become ...
שׁוֹפָר
shôwphâr
a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
צִיּוֹן
Tsîyôwn
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
תְּרוּעָה
tᵉrûwʻâh
clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
חָרַד
chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
תְּרוּעָה tᵉrûwʻâh
clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum
Study H8643 →חָרַד chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
Study H2729 →תָּקַע tâqaʻ
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
Study H8628 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i...
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss...
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt n...
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every ...
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 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.
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
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