Joel 1:15

^aAlas for the day!

For the ^bday of Yahweh is near,

And it will come as ^cdestruction from the ¹Almighty.

Joel 2:1

^aBlow a trumpet in Zion,

And make a loud shout on My holy mountain!

Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,

For the ^bday of Yahweh is coming;

Surely it is near,

A day of ^adarkness and thick darkness,

A day of clouds and dense gloom.

As the dawn is spread over the mountains,

So there is a ^bnumerous and mighty people;

There has ^cnever been anything like it,

Nor will there be again after it

For the years from generation to generation.

A ^afire consumes before them,

And behind them a flame burns.

The land is ^blike the garden of Eden before them

But a ^cdesolate wilderness behind them,

And nothing at all escapes them.

“For the ^aday of Yahweh draws near on all the nations.

^bAs you have done, it will be done to you.

Your ^cdealings will return on your own head.