Jer 30:7, Joe 2:2, 11 | Geneva | STEP | Alas! for that {c} day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. (c) Meaning that the time of their captivity would be grievous.

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! for that {c} day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Joel 2:2

A {b} day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a {c} 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.

(b) Of affliction and trouble. (c) Meaning, the Assyrians.

Joel 2:11

And the LORD shall {h} utter his voice before his army: for his camp [is] very great: for [he is] strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD [is] great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

(h) The Lord will stir up the Assyrians to execute his judgments.