...the branches thereof are made " white . . . The field is wasted, the land mourneth ; for " the com is wasted : the new wine is dried up, the " oil languisheth....inhabitants of the " land tremble : for the day of the Lord corneth, for it is " nigh at hand ; A day of darkness and of gloominess, " a day of clouds and of thick...

...for the " barley ; because the harvest of the field is perished*. — " Blow ye the trumpet in Zioti, and sound an alarm in " my holy mountain : Let all...at hand ; A day of darkness and of gloominess, " a iday of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning " spread upon the mountains : a great people and...

...called an angel, Rev. iii. 1. Preaching the alarming word of God, is called sounding the trumpet. " Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in...the day of the Lord cometh; for it is nigh at hand," Joel ii. 1 . This was the case with Prodigalis; there came a watchman into the valley of dry bones...

...attacks of the enemy; and, at whatever risk, they must sound the alarm. Blow ye 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; for it is nigh at hand. Ministers ought to use great plainness in preaching and supporting the distinguishing...

...though 1 have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. JOEL. •CHAP. II. Horrors of war. BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in...the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and ' ot thick darkness, as the morning spread...

...wilderness, Isa. xl. The prophet Joel predicts this event. Chap. ii, I, "Blow jre the trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land (earth) tremble: for the day of ihe Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand." Here, when the great day...

...day of judgment," &c. " Renew our days as of old." (Sam. v. 21.) So in Joel—" The day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand, a day of darkness and of thick darkness, a day of clouds and obscurity," &c. (Joel ii. 1, 2.) So in Zechariah—" I will remove...

...of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. CHAP. II. _L)LOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy...land tremble : for the day of the LORD cometh, for /'/ is nigh at hand ; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness,...

...shame, when / am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lard. Amen. JOEL ii. 2. Ji day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds...darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains. Therefore, also now, saith the Lord, turn ye unto me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping,...

...up, and leave them neither root nor branch." 13 " Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, sound an alarm in the holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land...gloominess ; a day of clouds and of thick darkness '." Jesus descends with his holy angels; "a fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth."...