Joel 2:2

"Blow 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 comes, for it is close at hand:"

Key Reflection

The verse from Joel 2:2 calls for a solemn warning to announce the coming of the Lord's Day through the sounding of trumpets in Zion and on holy mountains. This urgent summons reflects the gravity of an impending divine judgment, intended to instill fear and trembling among the people, as they prepare themselves for what is to come. The use of the trumpet, a symbol of both celebration and warning, underscores the dual nature of this moment—a time of alarm but also potentially of salvation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

A day of darkness and of gloominess -o: “A day full of miseries; wherefore he accumulates so many names of terrors. There was inner darkness in the heart, and the darkness of tribulation without. They hid themselves in dark places. There was the cloud between God and them; so that they were not protected nor heard by Him, of which Jeremiah saith, “Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, that our prayers should not pass through”Lamentations 3:44. There was the whirlwind of tempest within and without, taking away all rest, tranquility and peace. Whence Jeremiah hath, “A whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth injury, it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

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