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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 2
War and desolation precede the Second Coming—The sun and the moon
shall be darkened—The Lord will pour out his spirit upon all
flesh—There will be dreams and visions.
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1 BLOW ye the
atrumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy
bmountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for
the cday of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at
hand;
2 A day of adarkness and of
gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon
the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the
like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many
generations.
3 A fire adevoureth before them; and
behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of
bEden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness;
yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
5 Like the anoise of chariots on the
tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that
devoureth the bstubble, as a strong people set in battle
array.
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained:
all faces shall gather ablackness.
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7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
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9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
10 The aearth shall quake before
them; the heavens shall btremble: the
csun and the moon shall be ddark, and the
stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And the LORD shall utter his
avoice before his army: for his camp is very great:
for he is strong that executeth his word: for the
bday of the LORD is cgreat and
very terrible; and who can dabide it?
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12 ¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD,
aturn ye even to me with all your
bheart, and with cfasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning:
13 And arend your heart, and not
your garments, band turn unto the LORD your God: for he
is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
ckindness, and drepenteth him of the
evil.
14 aWho knoweth if he will
return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat
offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
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15 ¶ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast,
call a asolemn assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts:
let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her
acloset.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD,
aweep between the porch and the altar, and let them say,
Spare thy bpeople, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to
creproach, that the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
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18 ¶ Then will the LORD be
ajealous for his land, and bpity his
people.
19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20 But I will aremove far off from
you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and
desolate, with his face toward the beast sea, and his
hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his cstink shall
come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great
things.
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21 ¶ Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
22 Be not afraid, ye abeasts of the
field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her
fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, ye children of
aZion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given
you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the
brain, the former rain, and the clatter
rain in the first month.
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24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the
afats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And I will arestore to you the
years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and
the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and
praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with
youa:
and my people shall never be aashamed.
27 And ye shall know that I am in the
amidst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your
God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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26a hath dealt wondrously with you
Though the destruction of the Second Coming will be great and terrible, the
Lord will deal well unto his people who heed his word and keep his
commandments. Their/Our deliverance will be as a miracle for he will deal
'wondrously' with us unto our preservation unto the Millennial Day.
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Moroni Spoke this to Joseph
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28 ¶ And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will apour out my bspirit
upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall
cprophesy, your dold men shall
edream dreams, your young men shall see
fvisions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
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30 And I will shew awonders in the
bheavens and in the earth, blood, and
cfire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the
moon into ablood, before the great and the terrible
bday of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall acall on the name of bthe LORD
shall be cdelivered: for in dmount
eZion and in fJerusalem shall be
gdeliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the
hremnant whom the LORD shall icall.
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