Joel 2:2 directly answers the question — describing a day of darkness 'such as never was'.

Deuteronomy 4:32-35 similarly asks if anything like God's acts has ever happened — direct parallel to Joel's rhetorical question.

Job 8:8 similarly urges inquiry of past generations — Bildad tells Job to ask ancestors about wisdom.

Job 12:12 affirms wisdom with the aged — echoes Joel's call to elders to recall past events.

Psalm 49:1 begins with nearly the same words, 'Hear this, all peoples; give ear,' making it a direct parallel call to listen.

Isaiah 7:17 warns of a time 'unlike any since' — echoes the unprecedented disaster theme.

Jeremiah 5:21 uses the same 'Hear this' opening to rebuke a foolish people with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

Jeremiah 30:7 declares a time of trouble 'no other like it' — directly parallels Joel's question about unprecedented calamity.

Amos 3:1 opens 'Hear this word' against all Israel, echoing Joel's call for attention to God's message.

In Matthew 24:21, Jesus describes unparalleled tribulation, directly echoing Joel's question about whether anything like this has ever happened.

Exodus 10:14 describes the locust plague as unprecedented, matching Joel's call to consider if such a disaster has occurred before.

Hosea 5:1 directs 'Hear this' to priests, Israel, and the royal house — a specific call to leaders similar to Joel's elders.

Job 15:10 invokes the authority of the aged — similar appeal to elders as in Joel.

Isaiah 34:1 calls all nations and the earth to listen — a broader summons than Joel's address to elders and inhabitants.