Joel 2:15

2:15 Blow the trumpet ¹  in Zion.

Announce a holy fast;

proclaim a sacred assembly!

Joel 3:9

Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat

3:9 Proclaim this among the nations:

“Prepare for a holy war!

Call out the warriors!

Let all these fighting men approach and attack! ² 

Joel 2:32

2:32 It will so happen that

everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. ³ 

For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem ⁴  there will be those who survive, ⁵ 

just as the Lord has promised;

the remnant ⁶  will be those whom the Lord will call. ⁷ 

Joel 1:14

1:14 Announce a holy fast; ⁸ 

proclaim a sacred assembly.

Gather the elders and ⁹  all the inhabitants of the land

to the temple of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

Joel 1:19

1:19 To you, O Lord, I call out for help, ¹⁰ 

for fire ¹¹  has burned up ¹²  the grassy pastures, ¹³ 

flames have razed ¹⁴  all the trees in the fields.

[2:15]  ¹ tn See the note on this term in 2:1.

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “draw near and go up.”

[2:32]  ³ tn While a number of English versions render this as “saved” (e.g., NIV, NRSV, NLT), this can suggest a “spiritual” or “theological” salvation rather than the physical deliverance from the cataclysmic events of the day of the Lord described in the context.

[2:32]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “deliverance”; or “escape.” The abstract noun “deliverance” or “escape” probably functions here as an example of antimeria, referring to those who experience deliverance or escape with their lives: “escaped remnant” or “surviving remnant” (Gen 32:8; 45:7; Judg 21:17; 2 Kgs 19:30, 31; Isa 4:2; 10:20; 15:9; 37:31, 32; Ezek 14:22; Obad 1:17; Ezra 9:8, 13-15; Neh 1:2; 1 Chr 4:43; 2 Chr 30:6).

[2:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “and among the remnant.”

[2:32]  ⁷ tn The participle used in the Hebrew text seems to indicate action in the imminent future.

[1:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “consecrate a fast” (so NASB).

[1:14]  ⁵ tc The conjunction “and” does not appear in MT or LXX, but does appear in some Qumran texts (4QXII^c and 4QXII^g).

[1:19]  ⁵ tn The phrase “for help” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[1:19]  ⁶ sn Fire here and in v. 20 is probably not to be understood in a literal sense. The locust plague, accompanied by conditions of extreme drought, has left the countryside looking as though everything has been burned up (so also in Joel 2:3).

[1:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “consumed.” This entire line is restated at the end of v. 20.

[1:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “the pastures of the wilderness.”

[1:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “a flame has set ablaze.” This fire was one of the effects of the drought.