Joel 2:30

Joel 2:30

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

a. ASV: And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

b. YLT: And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke.

c. Classic Amplified: And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

d. Septuagint [Joel 2:30 in our Bible is Joel 3:3 in the Septuagint]: And I will shew wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings [Joel 2:30 in our Bible is Joel 3:3 in the Jewish Bible]: I will set wonders in the heavens and on earth: blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 

1. “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth…”

a. [And I will] shew [Strong: 5414 nathan naw-than' a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.):--add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.]

b. wonders [Strong: 4159 mowpheth mo-faith' or mopheth {mo-faith'}; from 3302 in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle; by implication, a token or omen:--miracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).]

c. [in the] heavens [Strong: 8064 shamayim shaw-mah'-yim dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve):--air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).]

1). Surely some of these “signs” are what Jesus referred to in the Gospel of Luke.

a). Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

b). Luke 21: 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

d. [and in the] earth [Strong: 776 'erets eh'-rets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.]

2. “...blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.”

a. blood [Strong: 1818 1818 dam dawm from 1826 (Compare 119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood):--blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.]

b. [and] fire [Strong: 784 'esh aysh a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):-- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.]

c. [and] pillars [Strong: 8490 tiymarah tee-maw-raw' or timarah {tee-maw-raw'}; from the same as 8558; a column, i.e. cloud:--pillar.]

d. [of] smoke [Strong: 6227 `ashan aw-shawn' from 6225; smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger):--smoke(-ing).]