that great and notable day Instead of notablewe have in Joel terrible. The words of the N. T. are those of the LXX. The Hebrew verbs to fearand to seehave often been confounded in that version. On the various senses of this expression cp. Lightfoot, Hor. Hebr. Mark 9:1. The prophecy of Joel was primarily and partially fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, but also looked onward to its destruction by the Romans.

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