Joel 2:28

God promises to pour out His Spirit on all flesh, so that sons, daughters, old, and young will prophesy and dream. The Spirit will be given broadly, beyond former limits.

Cross-references · 22

• Acts 2:16–21No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
• Ezek 39:29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
• Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
• Isa 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
• Acts 2:2–4Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
• Isa 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
• Zech 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Acts 11:15–18As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
• Prov 1:23If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
• John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
• Acts 15:7–8After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
• Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
• Acts 10:44–47While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
• Luke 3:6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
• Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Isa 40:5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
• Num 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
• Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• Isa 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
• Gen 37:5–10Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
• Acts 21:9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
• Jer 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

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