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Joel 2:20

The northern army I will drive away from you,

banishing it to a barren and desolate land,

its front ranks into the Eastern Sea,

and its rear guard into the Western Sea.

And its stench will rise;

its foul odor will ascend.

For He has done great things.

Joel 2:20 BSB
  1. a That is, the Dead Sea
  2. b That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea

Joel 2:20 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zechariah 14:8 (7 votes) and Deuteronomy 11:24 (4 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Exodus 5 to Malachi 3.

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Which verses does Joel 2:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Zechariah 14:87 votes

    And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.

  2. Deuteronomy 11:244 votes

    Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

  3. Isaiah 34:34 votes

    Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.

  4. Amos 4:104 votes

    “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

  5. Exodus 10:193 votes

    And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

  6. Ezekiel 39:12–163 votes

    For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD. …

  7. Ezekiel 47:183 votes

    On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

  8. Jeremiah 1:14–152 votes

    Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land. For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.

  9. Joel 1:4–62 votes

    What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth. …

  10. Joel 2:2–112 votes

    a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come. Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them. …

  11. 2 Kings 8:131 vote
  12. Ezekiel 47:7–81 vote

Which verses point to Joel 2:20?

The 10 strongest of 12.