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Joel 2:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath ζdone great things.

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magnified to do.

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Joel 2:2‑11• ²a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains;--a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.
³A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.
⁴The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.
⁵Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains, they leap; like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
⁶Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.
⁷They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and break not their ranks.
⁸Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.
⁹They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.
¹⁰The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
¹¹And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for strong is he that executeth his word: for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can bear it? (Joel 2:2‑11)

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Joel 1:4‑6• ⁴that which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
⁵Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine: for it is cut off from your mouth.
⁶For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness. (Joel 1:4‑6)

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Ex. 10:19• ¹⁹And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind, which took away the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea: there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt. (Ex. 10:19)

the northern.

Jer. 1:14• ¹⁴And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. (Jer. 1:14)

the east.

Ezek. 47:7‑8,18• ⁷When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
⁸And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters thereof shall be healed.
¹⁸--And on the east side ye shall measure between Hauran and Damascus, and Gilead and the land of Israel by the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea: this is the east side. (Ezek. 47:7‑8,18)

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Zech. 14:8• ⁸And it shall come to pass in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (Zech. 14:8)

utmost.

Deut. 11:24• ²⁴Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall your border be. (Deut. 11:24)

his stink.

Ezek. 39:12‑16• ¹²And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
¹³and all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them for renown in the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord Jehovah.
¹⁴And they shall sever out men of continual employment to go through the land, who, with the passers-by, shall bury those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: at the end of seven months shall they make a search.
¹⁵And the passers-by shall pass through the land, and when any seeth a man's bone, he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-Gog.
¹⁶And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. (Ezek. 39:12‑16)

because.

2 Kings 8:13• ¹³And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha said, Jehovah has shewn me that thou wilt be king over Syria. (2 Kings 8:13)

done.

Heb. magnified to do.

• Where the King of the North is destroyed. Just judgment of pride! because he “magnified himself to do.” (“Joel 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I will remove far off from you him that cometh from the north, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, his face toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the hinderi sea; and his stench shall come up, and his ill odour shall come up, for he hath exalted himself to do great things.

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Or "western." see Note c, Deut. 11.24.