Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
the God who relents
Joel 2:12-14 (JDV) Joel 2:12 Even now – this is Yahveh’s declaration – turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Joel 2:13 Tear your hearts, not just your clothes, and return to Yahveh your God. … Continue reading
unwitting accomplices
Joel 2:10-11 (JDV) Joel 2:10 The land quakes before them; the sky1 shakes. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars cease their shining. Joel 2:11 Yahveh makes his voice heard in the presence of his army. His camp … Continue reading
until the storms are over
Joel 2:6-9 (JDV) Joel 2:6 Nations convulse1 before them; all the people’s faces are drained of redness. Joel 2:7 They attack like warriors attack; they scale walls like men of war do. Each marches on his own path, and they … Continue reading
six minutes
Joel 2:3-5 (JDV) Joel 2:3 A fire consumes in front of them, and behind them a flame devours. The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like an open wasteland; there … Continue reading
when the dominoes start falling
Joel 2:1-2 (JDV) Joel 2:1 Blow a ram’s horn bugle1 in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the people living in the land tremble, because the day of Yahveh is coming; in fact, it is near … Continue reading
disaster and destiny
Joel 1:15-20 (JDV) Joel 1:15 Tragedy on that day! You see, the day of Yahveh is near and will come as a destructive storm from the Almighty. Joel 1:16 Hasn’t the food been cut off before our eyes, joy and … Continue reading
worship disrupted
Joel 1:13-14 (JDV) Joel 1:13 Wrap yourselves in sackcloth and passionately demonstrate your sorrow, you priests; yell, you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are … Continue reading
invitation to grieve
Joel 1:7-12 (JDV) Joel 1:7 It1 has desolated2 my grapevine and splintered my fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white. Joel 1:8 Grieve like a young woman wrapped3 in sackcloth, … Continue reading
from locusts to lions
Joel 1:5-6 (JDV) Joel 1:5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; yell,1 all you wine drinkers, over the sweet wine, because it has been cut off from your mouth. Joel 1:6 You see, a nation has invaded my land, powerful … Continue reading
things getting worse
Joel 1:1-4 (JDV) Joel 1:1 The word of Yahveh1 that came to Joel son of Pethuel: Joel 1:2 Hear this, you elders; listen, all you who live2 in the land.3 Has anything like this ever happened in your days or … Continue reading
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