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Joel 2:6

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Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
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  1. Nahum 2:10Rank 1 from verse 6
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    10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

  2. Isaiah 13:8Rank 2 from verse 6
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    8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

  3. Jeremiah 30:6Rank 3 from verse 6
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    6Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

  4. Lamentations 4:8Rank 4 from verse 6
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    8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

  5. Jeremiah 8:21Rank 5 from verse 6
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    21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

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Joel 2:6

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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pained

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pain, meaning to cause distress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

6Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

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7They 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:

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