Joel 2:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joel 2:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joel 2:6 is a verse from the book of Joel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. blackness: Heb. pot" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joel 2:6 — KJV
“Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. blackness: Heb. pot”
— Joel 2:6 (KJV)
Joel 2:6 in Context — About the Book of Joel
Joel turns a devastating locust plague into a call for national fasting — then pivots to one of Scripture's greatest promises: I will restore the years the locusts have eaten, and afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Peter quoted it at Pentecost as fulfilled.
Cross-References for Joel 2:6
“She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:6: face, much, faces
“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. have been...: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:6: before, face, people
“So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. in time...: Heb. to morrow”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:6: before, face, heb
“And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:6: before, face, people
“And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:6: before, face, people
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