Joel 3:1-21 The Lord God Tells How He Will Return Judah & Jerusalem from Captivity

 

The Lord God Tells How He Will Return Judah & Jerusalem from Captivity

Joel 3:1-21                                 The Book of Joel [in Smaller Chunks]

For [watch,] in those days, & [during] that time, when I shall [return] again [those from] Judah & Jerusalem [from] captivity. [Jeremiah 30:3 The Lord says, For [look,] the days come, that I will bring [back] again, [those from] the captivity of My people, Israel & Judah. And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their [forefathers,] & they shall possess it.]

I will also gather all nations & will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, & will plead with them there for My people & for My heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, & [divided] My land.

And they have cast lots for My people; & have given a boy for [a] harlot, & sold a girl, for wine, [so] that they might drink. [Yes,] O Tyre, [a.k.a. Tyrus,] & Zidon, [a.k.a. Sidon,] & all the coasts of Palestine, what [do] you have to do with Me? Will you [give] Me a [repayment?]

And if you [repay] Me, swiftly & speedily, I will return your [repayment] upon your own head. [Amos 1:6-8 The Lord says [this;] For 3 [sins] of Gaza, & for 4, I won't [withdraw its] punishment [from it;] because they carried away captive [all those from] captivity, to deliver them up to Edom.

But I will send a fire upon the Wall of Gaza, [that] shall devour [its] palaces. And I will cut off the [residents] from Ashdod, & him, [who] holds the scepter from Ashkelon. And I will [return My] hand against Ekron, [until] the [rest] of the Philistines, [have perished,] says the Lord God.]

Because you have taken My silver & My gold, & have carried My [pretty,] pleasant things into your temples. [2 Kings 24:13 And he, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar,] carried out [from there,] all the treasures of the [Lord's] house, & the treasures of the king's house, & cut  in pieces all the vessels of gold, [that] Solomon, [Israel's] king, made, [like] the Lord had said, [for] the temple of the Lord.]

Also, you have sold the children [people] of: Judah & Jerusalem, to the [Greeks, so] that you might remove them far from their [borders.] [Look,] I will raise them out of the place [where] you have sold them, & will return your [repayment] upon your own head.

[Jeremiah 23:7-8 The Lord says, Therefore, the days come, that they shall no [longer] say, The Lord Lives, [Who] brought up the children [people] of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

But, The Lord Lives, [Who] brought up & [Who] led the seed, [a.k.a. descendants] of the house of Israel, out of the North country, & from all countries [where] I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.]

And I will sell your sons & daughters into the hand of the children [people] of Judah, & they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far [away.] For the Lord has spoken it. [Zephaniah 2:4-7 For Gaza shall be [abandoned] & Ashkelon, [shall be] a desolation.

They shall drive out Ashdod, at noon, & Ekron shall be [uprooted.] Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherathites. O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, the Word of the Lord is against you. I will even destroy you, that there shall be no [inhabitants.]

And the sea cost shall be dwellings & cottages for shepherds, & [pens] for flocks. And the coast shall be for the [rest] of the house of Judah. They shall feed [their sheep] [there, upon] the house [tops] of Ashkelon & shall lie down in the evening. For the Lord their God, shall visit them & turn [them] away [from] their captivity.]

You, proclaim this among the Gentiles. Prepare [for] war & wake up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw [close] & let them come up. Beat your [plow blades] into swords, & [hooked tools for pruning,] into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong.

[Zechariah 12:8 [On] that day, the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And he, [who] is feeble among them, [on] that day, shall be [like] David. And the house of David shall be [for] God, [like] the Angel of the Lord, [in front of] them.]

Assemble yourselves & come, all you heathen, & gather yourselves together [all around there.] And [make] Your mighty ones to come down, O Lord. Let the heathen be [awakened,] & come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.

For I will sit there to judge all the heathen, [all around it.] [Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened & [saw] a white horse. And He, [Who] sat upon him, was called Faithful & True. And He [does judge] & make war in Righteousness.]

You, put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, & get [yourself] down. For the [wine] press is full, & the [vats] overflow. For their wickedness is [immense.] [Revelation 14:18-20 And another Angel came out of from the altar, [who] had power over fire; & cried [out] with a loud cry, to him, [who] had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, & gather the clusters of the vine of the earth.

For her grapes are fully ripe. And the Angel thrust in his sickle into the earth & gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God, And the winepress was [trampled outside] the city, & blood came out of the winepress, even to the horse bridles, [over] the space of 1,600 furlongs.]

Multitudes [upon] multitudes in the Valley of Decision. For the day of the Lord is near, in the Valley of Decision. [Revelation 20:10-15 And the devil, [who] deceived them was cast into the lake of fire & brimstone, where the beast & the false prophet are, & shall be tormented day & night, forever & ever.

And I saw a [large] white throne, & Him, [Who] sat on it, from Whose face the earth & the heaven fled away, & there was no place found for them. And I saw the dead: small & great, [a.k.a. young & old, or powerless & powerful,] stand before God.

And the Books were opened, & another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things, [that] were written in the Books, according to their works, [a.k.a. deeds.] And the sea gave up the dead, [that] were in it.

And Death & Hell delivered up the dead, [that] were in them. And they & every man were judged according to their works. And Death & Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the 2nd death. And [whoever] wasn't found written in the Book of Life, was cast into the lake of fire.]

The sun & the moon shall be darkened, & the stars shall withdraw their shining. [Revelation 21:21-25 And the 12 gates were 12 pearls, & every [separate] gate was [from] 1 pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, [similar to] transparent glass. *And I saw no temple [there,] for the Lord God Almighty, & the Lamb are the temple of it.

*And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God did lighten it, & the Lamb is the light [of it.]

And [those] of the nations, [who] are saved, shall walk in the light of it. And the kings of the earth, bring their glory & honor into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.]

Also, the Lord shall roar out of Zion, & utter His voice from Jerusalem. And the heavens & the earth shall shake. But the Lord will be the hope of His people, & the strength of the children [people] of Israel. [Revelation 11:12-15 And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them, Come up [here.]

And they, [a.k.a. the 2 witnesses, or prophets,] ascended up to heaven in a cloud. And their enemies [saw] them. And the same hour, there was a [large] earthquake, & 1/10 [portion] of the city fell, & in the earthquake, there were 7,000 men slain, & the [rest] were [frightened,] & gave glory to the God of heaven..]

The 2nd woe is past, & [look,] the 3rd woe comes quickly. And the 7th Angel sounded [a trumpet,] & there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world [have] become the kingdoms of our Lord, & of His Christ. And He shall [rule] forever & ever.]

[Accordingly,] you shall know that I Am the Lord your God, [Who] [dwells] in Zion, My Holy Mountain: & no strangers shall pass through her anymore. Then, Jerusalem shall be holy. [Acts 11:17-18 [Since,] God [has] [given] them, [a.k.a. Gentiles, or former unbelievers,] the [same] gift [like] He did to us, who [believe in] the Lord Jesus Christ, [who] was I, that I could [confront] God?

When they heard these things, they held their peace, & glorified God, saying, Then, God [has] also granted to the Gentiles repentance [leading] to life.]

And it shall [happen on] that day, that the mountains shall [drip] down new wine & the hills shall flow with milk. And all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters & the fountain shall come [out] of the house of the Lord, & shall water the Valley of Shitttim, [a.k.a. Acacia.]

[Revelation 22:1-4 And he [showed] me a pure river of [the] Water of Life, crystal clear, [coming] out [from under] the throne of God, & of the Lamb. In the midst of [its] street, & on either side of the river, there was the Tree of Life, which [bears] 12 [types] of fruits, & [produces] her fruit every month.

And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse. But the throne of God, & of the Lamb, shall be in it. And His servants shall serve Him. And they shall see His face, & His Name shall be in their foreheads.]

Egypt shall be a desolation, & Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children [people] of Judah, because they have shed [the] blood [of the] innocent in their land. [Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery, & blood is [on] their hands.

And they have committed adultery with their idols. And have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [idols.] [Additionally,] they have done this to Me. They have defiled My sanctuary [on] the same day & have profaned My Sabbaths.

For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, then, they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it. And, [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.]

But Judah shall dwell forever & ever, & Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their [bloodshed] that I haven't cleansed: for the Lord dwells in Zion. [Isaiah 4:3-4 And it shall [happen,] that he, [who] is left in Zion, & he, [who] remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone, [who] is written among the living in Jerusalem.

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of [Zion's] daughters, & shall have purged the [bloodshed] of Jerusalem from [its] midst, [through:] the spirit of judgment & the spirit of burning.]

Joel 2:1-32 The Day of the Lord, so the Israelites May Return to the Lord God

 

The Day of the Lord, so the Israelites May Return to the Lord God

Joel 2:1-32                           The Book of Joel [in Smaller Chunks]

You, blow the trumpet in Zion, & sound an alarm in My Holy Mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord comes, & it is at hand, [a.k.a. nearby.] A day of darkness & [gloom.] A day of clouds & thick darkness.

A great, [a.k.a. An immense,] & strong people, [like] the morning spread upon the mountains. There hasn't ever been [similar,] & neither shall [there] be anymore after it, even [for] many generations.

[Revelation 9:2-3 And he opened the bottomless pit; & smoke arose there out of the pit, [like] the smoke of a [large] furnace. And the sun & the air were darkened, [because] of the smoke of the pit. And out of the smoke, locusts came out there, upon the earth. And to [those] was given power, [like] the scorpions of the earth have power.]

A fire devours [in front of] them & a flame burns behind them. The land is [like] the Garden of Eden, [in front of] them, & a desolate wilderness behind them. [Yes,] & nothing shall escape them.

[Revelation 9:18-19 The 1/3 [portion] of men [were] killed by these 3: by the: fire; smoke; & brimstone, which [emerged] out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth & in their tails, [similar] to serpents, [a.k.a. snakes.] And they had heads & do [harm] with them.]

The appearance of them is like the [resemblance] of horses & so they shall run [like] horsemen. [Revelation 9:7-8 And the shapes of the locusts were [similar] to horses prepared [for] battle.

And on their heads were [similar to] crowns, like gold. And their faces were [like] the faces of men. And they had hair [like] the hair of women, & their teeth were the teeth of lions.]

[Like] a strong people [put] in battle [formation,] [with] noise [similar to] chariots on the tops of mountains, they shall leap, like the [sound] of a flame of fire, that devours the stubble.

[Revelation 9:9 And they had breastplates, [similar] to breastplates of iron. And the sound of their wings was [like] the sound of chariots [with] many horses running to battle.]

[In front of their [faces,] the people shall be [very] pained & all faces shall [gain] blackness. [Jeremiah 8:21 [Because] of the [harm] of the daughter of My people, I Am hurt. I Am [wearing] black, & astonishment has [overwhelmed] Me.]

They shall run like mighty men & shall climb the wall like men of war, & everyone [of them] shall march on his [path] & shall not break their [formation.] Neither shall one [push] another & everyone [of them] shall walk in his [own row.]

And when they [come] upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. They shall run [back & forth] in the city & they shall run upon the wall. They shall climb up upon the houses, & they shall enter in [through] the windows, like a thief.

[Exodus 10:13-15 And Moses stretched [out] his rod over the land of Egypt, & the Lord brought an East wind upon the land all that day & all that night. And when it was morning, the East wind brought the locusts.

And the locusts went up, over all the land of Egypt, & they were very grievous & rested in all the coasts of Egypt. There were no locusts such as [these] before them, & neither shall be such after them.]

The earth shall quake before them & the heavens shall tremble. The sun & the moon shall be dark & the stars shall withdraw their shining. [Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened & the moon shall not give her light. And the stars shall fall from heaven & the powers of heaven shall be shaken.]

And the Lord shall utter His voice, [in front of] His army, [because] His camp is very [large.] For He, [Who carries out] His Word is strong. For the day of the Lord is great & very terrible. And who can abide it?

[Revelation 18:8-10 Therefore, her plagues shall come in 1 day: death; mourning; & famine. And she shall be [totally] burned with fire. For the Lord God, Who judges her is strong.

And the kings of the earth, who have committed [adultery] & lived deliciously with her, shall bewail, [a.k.a. wail over] her, & [mourn] for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, standing [far away,] for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour, your judgment [has] come.]

Therefore, the Lord also now says, You, [return] to Me with all your heart: with fasting, weeping, & with mourning. [Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them, As I live, the Lord God says, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked [returns] from his [ways] & [lives.] Turn [yourselves,] & you [return] from your evil ways. For: why will you die, O house of Israel?]

And [tear] your heart, & not your garments, & [return] to the Lord your God. For He is gracious, merciful, slow to anger & [attributed with] great kindness & [He withdraws] the [disaster.] [Jeremiah 18:8 If that nation, against whom I have [announced, turns] from their evil, I will [withdraw from] the [disaster] that I thought to do to them.]

Who knows if He will return & [withdraw] & leave a blessing behind Him; even a meat/grain offering & drink offering to the Lord your God? [Deuteronomy 7:11-13 Therefore, you shall keep the commandments, [mandates,] & judgments, [that] I command you this day & do them.

[For this reason,] it shall [happen,] if you [listen] to these judgments & keep & do them, that the Lord your God shall keep the covenant [contract with] you, & the mercy, [that] He [swore] to your [forefathers.] And He will love you, bless you & multiply you.

He will also bless the fruit of your womb, [a.k.a. offspring,] & the fruit of your land, your: [grain,] wine; oil, the increase of your [cattle,] & the flocks of your sheep, in the land [that] He [swore] to your [forefathers] to give you.]

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, & call a solemn assembly. Gather the people & the children & assemble the: elders, those [nursing,] & let the bridegroom go [out] of his room & the bride out of her closet, & sanctify the congregation.

Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch & the altar. And let them say, Spare my people, O Lord, & [don't] give Your heritage [disgrace, so] that the heathen should rule over them. [Psalm 78:58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places & moved Him to jealousy with their [carved] images.]

[Why] should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then, the Lord will be [zealous] for His land & pity His people. [Yes,] the Lord will answer & say to His people, [Look,] I will send you: [grain,] wine, & oil, & you shall be satisfied [with them.]

And I will no [longer] make you a [disgrace] among the heathen. But I will remove the Northern army far [away] from you & will drive him into a barren & desolate land, with his face toward the [Eastern] sea, & his [back] part toward the [Western] sea.

And his [foul odor] & stink shall come up, because he has done [terrible] things. [Isaiah 34:3 Also, their slain shall be cast out, & their stink shall come up out of their [corpses,] & the mountains shall [appear to] be melted with their blood.]

[Don't] fear, O land. Be glad & rejoice: for the Lord will do great things, [a.k.a. miracles.] [Exodus 10:17-19 Therefore, now I pray you forgive my sin, only this once, & [pray to] the Lord your God, that He may take away from me, only this death.

And [Moses] went out from Pharaoh, & [begged] the Lord. And the Lord turned a mighty strong West wind, [that] took away the locusts, & cast them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the coasts of Egypt.]

[Don't] be afraid, you [animals] of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness [sprout up:] the tree [that] bears [its] fruit, the fig tree, & the vine [that] [produces] their strength. Then, be glad, you children [people] of Zion & rejoice in the Lord your God.

For He has given you the [previous] rain moderately, & He will cause the rain to come down for you; the [previous] rain & the latter rain, in the 1st month. [Leviticus 26:3-4 If you [follow] in My [mandates] & keep My commandments, & do them, then, I will give you rain in [its] due season. And the land shall yield [its increased] [produce] & the trees of the field, shall yield their fruit.]

And the floors [for threshing,] shall be full of wheat, & the [vats] shall overflow with wine & oil. And I will restore to you the years that the: locusts; canker-worm; caterpillar; & palmer-worm, My [large] army [that] I have sent among you, have eaten.

And you shall eat [with] plenty & be satisfied & praise the Name of the Lord your God, [Who] has [distributed] with you, wondrously. And My people shall never be ashamed.

[Leviticus 26:5 And your threshing, shall reach [until] the vintage. And the vintage shall reach [until] the time [of] sowing. And you shall eat your bread [until] full, & dwell in your land safely.]

And you shall know that I Am in the midst of Israel, & that I Am the Lord your God, & [no one] else. And My people shall never be ashamed. And it shall [happen] afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh.

[Acts 10:45 *And as many as came with Peter, [of] [those] of circumcision, [who] believed, were astonished, that the gift of the Holy Ghost, [a.k.a. Holy Spirit,] was also poured out on the Gentiles.]

And your sons & daughters shall prophesy, & your old men shall dream dreams & your young men shall see visions. [Acts 21:9 *And the same man, [a.k.a. Philip,] had 4 daughters, virgins, who [prophesied.]

And [during] those days, I will also pour out My Spirit upon the servants, & upon the [handmaidens.] And I will [show] wonders in the heavens & [on] the earth: blood, fire, & pillars of smoke. [Revelation 15:3-6 And the 2nd Angel poured out his vial upon the sea. And it became [like] the blood of a dead man & every living [creature] died in the sea.

And the 3rd Angel poured out his vial upon the rivers & the fountains of waters & they became blood. And I heard the Angel of the waters say, You are Righteous, O Lord, [Who is,] was, & shall be, because You have judged this. For they have shed the blood of saints & prophets. For they are worthy, [a.k.a. deserving,] & You have given them blood to drink.]

The sun shall be turned into darkness, & the moon into blood, before the great & terrible day of the Lord [happens.] [Revelation 6:12 And I [saw] when He had opened the 6th seal, & [look,] there was a [large] earthquake; the sun became black [like] sackcloth [made] of hair, & the moon became [like] blood.]

And it shall [happen,] that [whoever] shall call on the Name of the Lord shall be delivered. For deliverance [there] shall be [on] Mount Zion, & in Jerusalem, [like] the Lord has said, & in the [rest of those,] whom the Lord shall call. [Revelation 12:7-11 And there was war in heaven.

Michael & his Angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon & his angels fought & [didn't] prevail & neither was there [a] place found [for them] anymore in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, [a.k.a. snake,] called the Devil & Satan, [that] deceives the whole world.

He & his angels with him, [were] cast out into the earth. And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now, Salvation; strength; the Kingdom of our God; & the power of Christ, [has] come.

For the accuser of our brethren is cast down, [that] accused them before our God day & night. And they overcame him, by the blood of the Lamb, & by the word of their testimony. And they loved not, [a.k.a. risked] their lives, [until] [their] death.]

Joel 1:1-20 Joel Asks Them if They've Ever Seen a Plague Like This

 

Joel Asks Them if They've Ever Seen a Plague Like This

Joel 1:1-20           The Book of Joel [in Smaller Chunks]

The Word of the Lord that came to Joel, [Pethuel's] son. You old men & all you inhabitants of the land, Hear this. Has this been [during] your days, or even [during] the days of you [forefathers?] You, tell your children of it, & let your children tell their children, & their children [tell] another generation.

[Exodus 10:2 And that you may tell in the ears of your son, & [ears] of your son's son, what things I have [brought about] in Egypt. And My signs, [a.k.a. miracles,] that I have done among them; [so] that you may know, [by this,] that I Am the Lord.]

[What] the palmer-worm has left, the locust [have] eaten. And [what] the locust has left, the canker-worm has eaten. And [what] the canker-worm has left, the caterpillar has eaten. Awake, you drunkards, & weep.

And all you drinkers of wine, howl, [for] the new wine; [because it's taken away] from your mouth. For a nation [has] come up upon My land, & [are] strong & without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion & he has the cheek teeth, [a.k.a. molars,] of a [large] lion.

[Revelation 9:3-6 And out of the smoke, there came locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, [like] the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them, that they shouldn't [harm] the grass of the earth & neither any green thing, [or] tree; but only those men, [who don't] have the seal of God in their foreheads.

And to [those] it was given that they shouldn't kill them, but that they should be tormented 5 months. And their torment was [like] the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. And in those days, men shall seek death, & shall not find it & shall desire to die, & death shall [escape] them.]

He has [ruined] my vine, & he has [eaten off the] bark of my fig tree. [Its] branches are made white, & he has [totally] made it bare, & [thrown] it away. [Amos 4:9 I have [struck] you with [blight] & mildew. When your: gardens; vineyards; fig trees; & olive trees increased, the palmer-worm devoured them. [Still,] you haven't returned to Me, says the Lord.]

[Grieve] like a virgin [clothed] in sackcloth, for the husband of her youth. The meat/grain [offerings] & drink [offerings are] cut off from the [Lord's] house. The priests, the Lord's ministers mourn.

[Jeremiah 2:28 But where are your gods that you have made [yourselves?] Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble. For, your gods, O Judah, [are] according to the number of your cities.]

The field is [ruined] & the land mourns. For the [grain] is [ruined] & the [grapes for the] new wine, [have] dried up, & the oil [wastes away.] Because the harvest of the field has perished, O you [farmers,] be ashamed. O you [vineyard keepers,] howl; for the wheat & barley.

[Jeremiah 14:3-4 And their nobles have sent their [young] ones to the waters. They came to the pits, [a.k.a. cisterns, or wells,] & found no waters & they returned with their vessels empty.

They were ashamed & [confused,] & covered their heads. Because the ground is [parched,] for there was no rain [on] the earth, the [men who plow] were ashamed, & they covered their heads.]

The joy [has] withered away from the sons of men, because the vine [has] dried up, & the fig tree, [becomes weak,] & also the: pomegranate tree; palm tree; & the apple tree & even all the trees of the field are withered.

[Habakkuk 3:17-18 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, & neither shall fruit be on the vines, & the [work trampling] the [olives] shall fail, & the fields shall [produce] no [food.] The [flocks] shall be cut off from the fold, & there shall be no herd in the stalls. [Still,] I will rejoice in the Lord. I will [have] joy in the God of my Salvation.]

[Clothe] yourselves & come, lie all night in sackcloth, you priests. Howl, you ministers of the altar & you ministers of my God. For the meat/grain offering & drink offering [are withheld] from the house of your God.

[Jeremiah 14:14-16 Then, the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My Name & I [didn't] send them, & neither have I commanded them. Neither [did I speak] to them. They prophesy to you a false vision & divination, & a [worthless] thing, & the deceit of their heart.

Therefore, the Lord says [this, about] the prophets, [who] prophesy in My Name, & I [didn't send] them. [Still] they say, Sword & famine shall not be in this land. Those prophets shall be consumed by [the] sword & famine.]

Sanctify a fast [for][yourselves] & call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders & all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, & cry [out] to the Lord. [Unfortunately,] for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand, [a.k.a. nearby.] And it shall come [like] destruction from the Almighty.

[Revelation 6:15-17 And the: kings; great men; rich men; chief captains; the mighty men; every [slave] & every free man of the earth, hid themselves in the dens, & in the rocks of the mountains; & said to the mountains & rocks, Fall on us, & hide us from the face of Him, [Who] sits on the throne, & from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of His wrath [has] come. And who shall be able to stand?]

Isn't the [food] cut off [in front] of our eyes, [yes,] the joy & gladness from the house of our God? Under their [dirt clods,] the seed is rotten, & the [storehouses] are [made useless.] The barns [have] broken down, for the [grain has] withered.

How the [animals] do groan! The cattle herds are perplexed, because they have no pastures. [Yes,] the flocks of sheep are [abandoned.] O Lord, I will cry [out] to You, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. And the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

[Jeremiah 9:10 I will take up weeping, wailing, & [mourn] for the mountains & the [dwellings] of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them. Neither can men hear the [sound] of [livestock.] Both the [birds] of the heavens & the [animals have] fled, & are gone.]

The [animals] of the field also cry [out] to You. For the rivers of waters are dried up, & the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.] [Psalm 147:9 He gives to the [animals its] food, & to the ravens which cry [out.]