Chiasm of THE DAY OF THE LORD
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain:
let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh,
for it is nigh at hand;
Joel 2:1
| A(1:13-14) | | 1:13 Gird yourselves and weep, O priests! (1:13) |
| | | B(1:15) | | |
| "1:15 Alas, the day! for near is the day of the LORD (1:15)" |
(יוםיהוה)
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| | | | C(1:16-20) | | | | 1:16 From before our very eyes has not the food been cut off; And from the house of our God, joy and gladness? (1:16) |
| | | | | D(2:1-2) | | | | | 2:1 for the day of the LORD is coming; (2:1) |
| | | | C'(2:3-10) | | | | 2:2 Like dawn spreading over the mountains, a people numerous and mighty (2:2) |
| | | B'(2:11) | | |
| "2:11 For great is the day of the LORD, and exceedingly terrible (2:11)" |
(יוםיהוה)
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| | A'(2:12-14) | | 2:12 return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; (2:12) |
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A: Weeping.
B: The day of the LORD.
C: Sufferings.
D: the day of the LORD is coming. |
