Joel 2:1 (YLT)

Passage

Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for <FI>it is<Fi> near!

Nearby Context

Joel 2:1 Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for <FI>it is<Fi> near!

Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again--till the years of generation and generation.

Joel 2:3 Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden <FI>is<Fi> the land before it, And after it a wilderness--a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blow", "trumpet", "zion", "shout", "holy", "hill", "tremble", and "inhabitants". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blow" and "trumpet", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "A day of darkness and thick darkness...", so "blow" and "trumpet" should be read forward into that movement. In Joel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blow" and "trumpet" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.