It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
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It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Joel 2:32 — cited by Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13 — promises that everyone who calls on the name of YHWH/Lord will be saved. Matthew 7:21, Jeremiah 14:12, Ezekiel 8:18, and Micah 3:4 describe categories of people who call on the Lord and are explicitly not heard, not saved, and not delivered.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward a genuine contradiction.
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"Joel 2:32 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/joel/2/32?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).