逐节对照
- Amplified Bible - A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of the kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The Lord of hosts is mustering an army for battle.
- 新标点和合本 - 山间有多人的声音, 好像是大国人民。 有许多国的民聚集哄嚷的声音; 这是万军之耶和华点齐军队,预备打仗。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 听啊,山间有喧闹的声音, 好像有许多百姓聚集, 听啊,多国之民聚集闹哄的声音; 这是万军之耶和华召集作战的军队。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 听啊,山间有喧闹的声音, 好像有许多百姓聚集, 听啊,多国之民聚集闹哄的声音; 这是万军之耶和华召集作战的军队。
- 当代译本 - 听啊,山上人声鼎沸, 像是大军的声音。 那是列邦列国聚集呐喊的声音。 万军之耶和华正在召集军队, 准备作战。
- 圣经新译本 - 听啊!山上有喧哗的声音, 好像是众多的人民; 听啊!有多国的人的嘈杂声, 好像是列国聚集在一起。 万军之耶和华正在数点军兵,预备打仗。
- 中文标准译本 - 听啊,山上喧嚣,好像有众多的民! 听啊,列国喧嚷,列邦聚集! 万军之耶和华正在召集作战的军队。
- 现代标点和合本 - 山间有多人的声音, 好像是大国人民。 有许多国的民聚集哄嚷的声音, 这是万军之耶和华点齐军队,预备打仗。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 山间有多人的声音, 好像是大国人民。 有许多国的民聚集哄嚷的声音, 这是万军之耶和华点齐军队,预备打仗。
- New International Version - Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war.
- New International Reader's Version - Listen! I hear a noise in the mountains. It sounds like a huge crowd. Listen! I hear a loud noise among the kingdoms. It sounds like nations gathering together. The Lord who rules over all is bringing an army together for war.
- English Standard Version - The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The Lord of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
- New Living Translation - Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the vast armies march! It is the noise and shouting of many nations. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.
- The Message - Thunder rolls off the mountains like a mob huge and noisy— Thunder of kingdoms in an uproar, nations assembling for war. God-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling his army into battle formation. They come from far-off countries, they pour in across the horizon. It’s God on the move with the weapons of his wrath, ready to destroy the whole country.
- Christian Standard Bible - Listen, a commotion on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The Lord of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.
- New American Standard Bible - A sound of a roar on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of an uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The Lord of armies is mustering the army for battle.
- New King James Version - The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The Lord of hosts musters The army for battle.
- American Standard Version - The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.
- King James Version - The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
- New English Translation - There is a loud noise on the mountains – it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms – nations are being assembled! The Lord who commands armies is mustering forces for battle.
- World English Bible - The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle.
- 新標點和合本 - 山間有多人的聲音, 好像是大國人民。 有許多國的民聚集鬨嚷的聲音; 這是萬軍之耶和華點齊軍隊,預備打仗。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 聽啊,山間有喧鬧的聲音, 好像有許多百姓聚集, 聽啊,多國之民聚集鬧鬨的聲音; 這是萬軍之耶和華召集作戰的軍隊。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 聽啊,山間有喧鬧的聲音, 好像有許多百姓聚集, 聽啊,多國之民聚集鬧鬨的聲音; 這是萬軍之耶和華召集作戰的軍隊。
- 當代譯本 - 聽啊,山上人聲鼎沸, 像是大軍的聲音。 那是列邦列國聚集吶喊的聲音。 萬軍之耶和華正在召集軍隊, 準備作戰。
- 聖經新譯本 - 聽啊!山上有喧嘩的聲音, 好像是眾多的人民; 聽啊!有多國的人的嘈雜聲, 好像是列國聚集在一起。 萬軍之耶和華正在數點軍兵,預備打仗。
- 呂振中譯本 - 聽啊!山間有大眾喧嘩的聲音呢! 好像許多眾民 的嘈雜 ; 聽啊!有列國喧鬧的響聲呢! 有聚攏來的列邦 之鬨嚷 。 萬軍之永恆主在點閱着軍隊, 準備着赴戰。
- 中文標準譯本 - 聽啊,山上喧囂,好像有眾多的民! 聽啊,列國喧嚷,列邦聚集! 萬軍之耶和華正在召集作戰的軍隊。
- 現代標點和合本 - 山間有多人的聲音, 好像是大國人民。 有許多國的民聚集鬨嚷的聲音, 這是萬軍之耶和華點齊軍隊,預備打仗。
- 文理和合譯本 - 山中喧譁、若民熙攘、諸國會集、厥聲轟闐、萬軍之耶和華、核數軍旅以戰、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 萬有之主耶和華、核數軍實、使臨戰鬥、岡巒之上、國民和集、威聲遠振。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 山中有聲諠譁、似有大軍、列國之民咸集、其音轟闐、萬有之主核數軍旅、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Escuchen! Se oye tumulto en las montañas, como el de una gran multitud. ¡Escuchen! Se oye un estruendo de reinos, de naciones que se han reunido. El Señor Todopoderoso pasa revista a un ejército para la batalla.
- 현대인의 성경 - 산에서 떠들어대는 소리를 들어 보라. 여러 민족이 모여서 떠드는 소리이니 전능하신 여호와께서 전쟁을 위하여 군대를 소집하는 소리이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Слышен шум на горах, как от огромной толпы! Слышен мятежный шум царств, народов, собравшихся вместе! Созывает Господь Сил войско к битве.
- Восточный перевод - Слышен шум на горах, как от огромной толпы! Слышен мятежный шум царств, народов, собравшихся вместе! Созывает Вечный, Повелитель Сил, войско к битве.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Слышен шум на горах, как от огромной толпы! Слышен мятежный шум царств, народов, собравшихся вместе! Созывает Вечный, Повелитель Сил, войско к битве.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Слышен шум на горах, как от огромной толпы! Слышен мятежный шум царств, народов, собравшихся вместе! Созывает Вечный, Повелитель Сил, войско к битве.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est le bruit d’une foule ╵sur les montagnes : on dirait un grand peuple. On entend le tumulte de royaumes, ╵de nations rassemblées. Le Seigneur des armées célestes ╵passe en revue ses troupes de combat.
- リビングバイブル - 山の上の騒動と、軍隊が行進して来る音を聞け。 あれは、多くの国の兵士がどよめき叫ぶ声だ。 天の軍勢の主が彼らを連れて来た。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Escutem! Há um barulho nos montes como o de uma grande multidão! Escutem! É uma gritaria entre os reinos, como nações formando uma imensa multidão! O Senhor dos Exércitos está reunindo um exército para a guerra.
- Hoffnung für alle - Hört ihr das laute Getöse, das von den Bergen widerhallt? Es ist eine unzählbare Menschenmenge, ganze Völker und Königreiche sind angetreten. Der Herr, der allmächtige Gott, mustert sein Kriegsheer.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy nghe tiếng ồn ào trên các núi! Hãy lắng nghe, như tiếng một đoàn quân đông đảo. Đó là tiếng ồn ào và gào thét của các nước. Chúa Hằng Hữu Vạn Quân đã gọi đội quân này hợp lại.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ฟังสิ เสียงอึกทึกบนภูเขา ดั่งเสียงมหาชนล้นหลาม! ฟังสิ เสียงครึกโครมในหมู่อาณาจักร ดั่งเสียงชุมนุมประชาชาติ! พระยาห์เวห์ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ ทรงกรีธาทัพมาเพื่อทำศึก
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - มีเสียงชุลมุนอยู่บนเทือกเขา เหมือนเสียงฝูงชนจำนวนมาก เสียงลุกฮือของอาณาจักรทั้งหลาย ของบรรดาประชาชาติที่รวมตัวเข้าด้วยกัน พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธากำลังรวบรวมกองทัพ เพื่อทำสงคราม
交叉引用
- Isaiah 10:5 - Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger [against Israel], The staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!
- Isaiah 10:6 - I send Assyria against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My wrath To take the spoil and to seize the plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
- Revelation 9:7 - The locusts resembled horses prepared and equipped for battle; and on their heads appeared to be [something like] golden crowns, and their faces resembled human faces.
- Revelation 9:8 - They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
- Revelation 9:9 - They had breastplates (scales) like breastplates made of iron; and the [whirring] noise of their wings was like the [thunderous] noise of countless horse-drawn chariots charging [at full speed] into battle.
- Revelation 9:10 - They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
- Revelation 9:11 - They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king).
- Revelation 9:12 - The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
- Revelation 9:13 - Then the sixth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I heard a solitary voice from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God,
- Revelation 9:14 - saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
- Revelation 9:15 - So the four angels, who had been prepared for the [appointed] hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
- Revelation 9:16 - The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (two hundred million); I heard the number of them.
- Revelation 9:17 - And this is how I saw the horses and their riders in my vision: the riders had breastplates [the color] of fire and of hyacinth (sapphire blue) and of brimstone (yellow); and the heads of the horses looked like the heads of lions; and from out of their mouths came fire and smoke and brimstone (burning sulfur).
- Revelation 9:18 - A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone that came from the mouths of the horses.
- Revelation 9:19 - For the power of the horses [to do harm] is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and it is with them that they do harm.
- Isaiah 45:1 - This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia], Whose right hand I have held To subdue nations before him, And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them]; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
- Isaiah 45:2 - “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- Jeremiah 51:6 - Flee out of Babylon, Let every one of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; He is going to pay her what she has earned.
- Jeremiah 51:7 - Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Jeremiah 51:8 - Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
- Jeremiah 51:9 - We would have healed Babylon, but she was not to be healed. Abandon her and let each [captive] return to his own country, For her guilt and judgment have reached to heaven And are lifted up to the very skies.
- Jeremiah 51:10 - The Lord has brought about our vindication and has revealed the righteousness of our cause; Come and let us proclaim in Zion The work of the Lord our God!
- Jeremiah 51:11 - Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it; For that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.
- Jeremiah 51:12 - Set up a signal on the walls of Babylon [to spread the news]; Post a strong blockade, Station the guards, Prepare the men for ambush! For the Lord has both purposed and done That which He spoke against the people of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:13 - [O Babylon] you who live by many waters, Rich in treasures, Your end has come, And the line measuring your life is cut.
- Jeremiah 51:14 - The Lord of hosts has sworn [an oath] by Himself, saying, “Surely I will fill you with men, as with [a swarm of] locusts [who strip the land clean], And they will lift up a song and shout of victory over you.”
- Jeremiah 51:15 - He made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom And stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Jeremiah 51:16 - When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
- Jeremiah 51:17 - Every man has become stupid and brutelike, without knowledge [of God]; Every goldsmith is shamed by the cast images he has made; For his molten idols are a lie, And there is no breath [of life] or spirit in them.
- Jeremiah 51:18 - They are worthless (empty, false, futile), a work of delusion and worthy of derision; In the time of their inspection and punishment they will perish.
- Jeremiah 51:19 - The Portion of Jacob [the true God of Israel] is not like these [handmade gods]; For He is the Maker of all and the One who formed and fashioned all things, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— The Lord of hosts is His name.
- Jeremiah 51:20 - “You [Cyrus of Persia, soon to conquer Babylon] are My battle-axe and weapon of war— For with you I shatter nations, With you I destroy kingdoms.
- Jeremiah 51:21 - With you I shatter the horse and his rider, With you I shatter the chariot and its driver,
- Jeremiah 51:22 - With you I shatter man and woman, With you I shatter old man and youth, With you I shatter young man and virgin,
- Jeremiah 51:23 - With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock, With you I shatter the farmer and his yoke of oxen, And with you I shatter governors and commanders.
- Jeremiah 51:24 - “And I will [completely] repay Babylon and all the people of Chaldea for all the evil that they have done in Zion—before your very eyes [I will do it],” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 51:25 - “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain [conqueror of nations], Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord, “I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the [rugged] cliffs, And will make you a burnt mountain (extinct volcano).
- Zechariah 14:1 - Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you (Jerusalem) will be divided in your midst.
- Zechariah 14:2 - For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured and the houses plundered and the women ravished; and half of the city will be exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
- Zechariah 14:3 - Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.
- Revelation 18:8 - For this reason in a single day her plagues (afflictions, calamities) will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire and completely consumed; for strong and powerful is the Lord God who judges her.
- Jeremiah 50:2 - “Declare among the nations. Lift up a signal [to spread the news]—publish and proclaim it, Do not conceal it; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel [the patron god] has been shamed, Marduk (Bel) has been shattered. Babylon’s images have been shamed, her [worthless] idols have been thrown down.’
- Jeremiah 50:3 - For out of the north a nation (Media) has come against her which will make her land desolate, and no one will live there. They have fled, they have gone away—both man and animal.
- Jeremiah 51:27 - Lift up a signal in the land [to spread the news]! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Dedicate the nations [for war] against her; Call against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her; Cause the horses to come up like bristly locusts [with their wings not yet released from their cases].
- Jeremiah 51:28 - Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her— The kings of Media, With their governors and commanders, And every land of their dominion.
- Jeremiah 50:21 - “Go against [Babylon] the land of Merathaim (Double Rebellion), Go up against it and against the people of Pekod (Punishment). Kill and utterly destroy them,” says the Lord, “And do everything that I have commanded you.”
- Jeremiah 50:22 - “The noise of battle is in the land, And [the noise of] great destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:23 - How the hammer of the whole earth Is crushed and broken! How Babylon has become A horror [of desolation] among the nations!
- Jeremiah 50:24 - I set a trap for you and you also were caught, O Babylon, And you did not know it; You have been found and also seized Because you have struggled against the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 50:25 - The Lord has opened His armory And has brought out [the nations who unknowingly are] the weapons of His indignation (wrath), For it is a work of the Lord God of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 50:26 - Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses; Pile it up like heaps of rubbish. Burn and destroy her completely; Let nothing be left of her.
- Jeremiah 50:27 - Kill all her young bulls [her strength—her young men]; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe (judgment is coming) to the Chaldeans, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.
- Jeremiah 50:28 - Listen to the voice of the refugees who flee and escape from the land of Babylon, Proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, The vengeance [of the Lord against the Chaldeans] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.
- Jeremiah 50:29 - “Call together many [archers] against Babylon, All those who bend the bow. Encamp against her on every side; Let no one from there escape. Repay her according to her actions; Just as she has done, do to her. For she has been proudly defiant and presumptuous against the Lord, Against the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 50:30 - Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her soldiers will be destroyed on that day,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 50:31 - “Behold, I am against you, [O Babylon, you] arrogant one, [you who are pride and presumption personified],” Says the Lord God of hosts, “For your day has come, The time when I will punish you.
- Jeremiah 50:32 - The arrogant (proud) one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set fire to his cities And it will devour all who are around him.”
- Jeremiah 50:33 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, “The children of Israel are oppressed, And the children of Judah as well; And all who took them captive have held them tightly, They have refused to let them go.
- Jeremiah 50:34 - Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is His name. He will most certainly plead their case and defend their cause So that He may bring rest to their land, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:35 - A sword against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord, “And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her princes (officials, civic rulers) and against her wise men (astrologers, religious rulers)!
- Jeremiah 50:36 - A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!
- Jeremiah 50:37 - A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreign troops that are in her midst, And they will become [as weak and defenseless as] women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
- Jeremiah 50:38 - A drought on her waters, and they will dry up! For it is a land of [worthless] idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols [those objects of terror in which they foolishly trust].
- Jeremiah 50:39 - “Therefore wild beasts of the desert will live there [in Babylon] with the jackals; The ostriches also will live there, And it will never again be inhabited [with people] Or lived in from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 50:40 - As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah and their neighboring cities,” says the Lord, “So no man will live there; Nor shall any son of man live there.”
- Jeremiah 50:41 - “Behold, a people is coming from the north, And a great nation and many kings Will be stirring from the remote parts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 50:42 - They seize their bow and spear; They are cruel and have no compassion. They sound like the roaring of the sea; They ride on horses, Every man equipped like a man [ready] for the battle Against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:43 - The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands fall limp and helpless; Anguish has seized him, And agony like that of a woman in childbirth.
- Jeremiah 50:44 - “See, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation [of Babylon] and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make Babylon run from his land. I will appoint over Babylon the one whom I choose. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me [into court] and prosecute Me [for this]? Who is the [earthly] shepherd who can stand [defiantly] before Me?”
- Jeremiah 50:45 - Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has devised against Babylon, and hear what He has purposed against [the inhabitants of the land of] the Chaldeans: surely they will be dragged away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their habitation desolate because of them.
- Jeremiah 50:46 - At the shout, “Babylon has been seized!” the earth quakes, and an outcry is heard among the nations.
- Zechariah 14:13 - In that day a great panic and dismay from the Lord will fall on them; and they will seize one another’s hand, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.
- Zechariah 14:14 - Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together—gold and silver and garments in great abundance.
- Jeremiah 50:14 - Set yourselves in battle formation against Babylon on every side, All you archers. Shoot at her! Do not spare the arrows, For she has sinned against the Lord.
- Jeremiah 50:15 - Raise the battle cry against her on every side! She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: Take vengeance on her; As she has done [to others], do to her.
- Isaiah 22:1 - The [mournful, inspired] oracle ( a burden to be carried) concerning the Valley of Vision: What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
- Isaiah 22:2 - You [Jerusalem] who were full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous and exuberant city; Your slain were not slain [in a glorious death] with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.
- Isaiah 22:3 - All your leaders have fled together [with your king], And have been captured without the bow [which they had thrown away]; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though they had fled far away.
- Isaiah 22:4 - Therefore I say, “Look away from me; Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 22:5 - For the Lord God of hosts has a day of panic and of tumult, of trampling, of confusion In the Valley of Vision, A [day of] breaking down walls And a crying [for help] to the mountain.
- Isaiah 22:6 - Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
- Isaiah 22:7 - And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took their fixed positions [in an offensive array] at the gate [of Jerusalem].
- Isaiah 22:8 - Then God removed the [protective] covering of Judah; And in that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest (Solomon’s armory).
- Isaiah 22:9 - You saw that the breaches In the wall of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many; You collected [within the city’s walls] the waters of the Lower Pool (Siloam).
- Joel 2:25 - “And I will compensate you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust— My great army which I sent among you.
- Joel 2:1 - Blow the trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment], Sound an alarm on My holy mountain [Zion]! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble and shudder in fear, For the [judgment] day of the Lord is coming; It is close at hand,
- Joel 2:2 - A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist, Like the dawn spread over the mountains; There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty, The like of which has never been before Nor will be again afterward Even for years of many generations.
- Joel 2:3 - Before them a fire devours, And behind them a flame burns; Before them the land is like the Garden of Eden, But behind them a desolate wilderness; And nothing at all escapes them.
- Joel 2:4 - Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, And they run like war horses.
- Joel 2:5 - Like the noise of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains, Like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, Like a mighty people set in battle formation.
- Joel 2:6 - Before them the people are in anguish; All faces become pale [with terror].
- Joel 2:7 - They run like warriors; They climb the wall like soldiers. They each march [straight ahead] in line, And they do not deviate from their paths.
- Joel 2:8 - They do not crowd each other; Each one marches in his path. When they burst through the defenses (weapons), They do not break ranks.
- Joel 2:9 - They rush over the city, They run on the wall; They climb up into the houses, They enter at the windows like a thief.
- Joel 2:10 - The earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.
- Joel 2:11 - The Lord utters His voice before His army, For His camp is very great, Because strong and powerful is he who [obediently] carries out His word. For the day of the Lord is indeed great and very terrible [causing dread]; Who can endure it?
- Ezekiel 38:3 - and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief ruler of Meshech and Tubal.
- Ezekiel 38:4 - I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them magnificently clothed in full armor, a great horde with buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, all of them wielding swords;
- Ezekiel 38:5 - Persia (Iran), Cush (Ethiopia), and Put (Libya, N. Africa) with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
- Ezekiel 38:6 - Gomer and all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north and all its troops—many peoples with you.
- Ezekiel 38:7 - You [Gog] be prepared; prepare yourself, you and all your hordes that are assembled around you, and be a guard and a lookout for them.
- Ezekiel 38:8 - After many days you will be summoned [for service]; in the latter years you shall come into the land that is restored from [the ravages of] the sword, where people have been gathered out of many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual wasteland; but its people were brought out of the nations, and they are living securely, all of them.
- Ezekiel 38:9 - You will go up [against them], you will come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”
- Ezekiel 38:10 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan,
- Ezekiel 38:11 - and you will say, ‘I will go up against an open country; I will come against those who are at rest and peaceful, who live securely, all of them living without walls and having neither bars nor gates,
- Ezekiel 38:12 - to take spoil and seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world [Israel].’
- Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish (southern Spain), with all its young lions (villages) will say to you, ‘Have you come to take spoil? Have you assembled your hordes [of fighting men] to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?’ ” ’
- Ezekiel 38:14 - “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On that day when My people Israel live securely, will you not become aware of it [and become active]?
- Ezekiel 38:15 - You will come from your place in the remote parts of the north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding horses, a great horde, and a mighty army;
- Ezekiel 38:16 - and you will go up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the last days it will come about that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.”
- Ezekiel 38:17 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you (Gog) against them?
- Ezekiel 38:18 - It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord God, “that My wrath will rise and show on My face.
- Ezekiel 38:19 - In My zeal and in My blazing rage I declare that on that day there will most certainly be a great earthquake in the land of Israel,
- Ezekiel 38:20 - so that the fishes of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all the creatures that crawl on the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth will tremble and shake at My presence; the mountains will crumble, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.
- Ezekiel 38:21 - I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,” says the Lord God. “Every man’s (invading soldier’s) sword will be against his brother (ally) [in panic and confusion].
- Ezekiel 38:22 - With pestilence and with bloodshed I will enter into judgment with Gog; and I will rain on him torrents of rain with [great] hailstones, fire and brimstone on his hordes and on the many nations that are with him.
- Ezekiel 38:23 - Thus I shall magnify Myself and demonstrate My greatness and sanctify Myself, and I will be recognized and will make Myself known in the sight of many nations; they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.” ’
- Revelation 19:11 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who was riding it is called Faithful and True (trustworthy, loyal, incorruptible, steady), and in righteousness He judges and wages war [on the rebellious nations].
- Revelation 19:12 - His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many royal crowns; and He has a name inscribed [on Him] which no one knows or understands except Himself.
- Revelation 19:13 - He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
- Revelation 19:14 - And the armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, [dazzling] white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
- Revelation 19:15 - From His mouth comes a sharp sword (His word) with which He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He will tread the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty [in judgment of the rebellious world].
- Revelation 19:16 - And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name inscribed, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
- Revelation 19:17 - Then I saw a single angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he shouted to all the birds that fly in midheaven, saying, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
- Revelation 19:18 - so that you may feast on the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all humanity, both free men and slaves, both small and great [in a complete conquest of evil].”
- Revelation 19:19 - Then I saw the beast and the kings and political leaders of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against Him who is mounted on the [white] horse and against His army.
- Revelation 19:20 - And the beast (Antichrist) was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who, in his presence, had performed [amazing] signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were hurled alive into the lake of fire which blazes with brimstone.
- Revelation 19:21 - And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds fed ravenously and gorged themselves with their flesh.
- Joel 3:14 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].