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   ocr: A - - - - day oT Juagment. Neariy every prophet begins with words meant to inspire fear and dread. Some warned of invading armies, and some of natural uisasters. For example, Joel paints vivid pictures of an army of locusts. The locusts could symbolically represent human armies, but may also be taken literally. A call to repentence. The prophets raise alarm with good reason, for they see such gisasters as a consequence of their nation's untaithtulness to God. They urgently call on their people to turn from their evil ways. Joel 2:13 could stand as a single, eloquent summary of the heart of the ...