Joel (KJV)
3 chapters · 73 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Joel
Joel interprets a devastating locust plague as a warning of the coming day of the LORD and a summons to repentance. It promises restoration and a future outpouring of God's Spirit on all flesh.
- Genre
- Prophecy (minor)
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the prophet Joel
- First audience
- Judah
How to read it: Read prophecy attentive to near and far horizons — a present calamity becomes a window onto the larger day of the LORD.
It opens: “The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.” (Joel 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Joel
The verses of Joel that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.