Joel 2:21

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:15-27

15-27 The priests and rulers are to appoint a solemn fast. The sinner's supplication is, Spare us, good Lord. God is ready to succour his people; and he waits to be gracious. They prayed that God would spare them, and he answered them. His promises are real answers to the prayers of faith; with him saying and doing are not two things. Some understand these promises figuratively, as pointing to gospel grace, and as fulfilled in the abundant comforts treasured up for believers in the covenant of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Joel 2:18-32

God's Promise of Temporal and Spiritual Blessings v. 18. Then, when the Lord saw that His people were truly penitent, will the Lord be jealous for His land, be filled with the zeal of His love, rather, He was so filled and acted accordingly, and pity His people. v. 19. Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto His people, actuated with the zeal of His love for them, Behold, I will send you corn and wine and oil, the richest temporal blessings made possible by the renewed fertility of the land,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Joel 2:18-27

PART SECONDTHE PROMISEJoel 2:18 to Joel 3:21_______SECTION IAnnihilation of the Locust Army. Reparation of the Damage done by it, by a Rich BlessingJoel 2:18-2718 Then Jehovah will be jealous20 for his land.And will pity his people.19 And Jehovah will answer and say unto his people,Behold I will send21 you the corn,22The new wine, and the oil;And ye shall be satisfied23 therewith,And I will no longer make youA reproach among the heathen.20 And I will remove far from you the northern24 host,And... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Joel 2:12-27

the Averting of Judgment Joel 2:12-27 To rend the garment is easy, but a broken and contrite heart can be imparted only by the grace of the Holy Spirit. The love of God should bring us to repentance. He takes no pleasure in our miseries and if men repent and turn from their sin they find an immediate and loving welcome to the Father’s heart and home. Joel had called for the trumpet to announce war; he now directs the trumpet blast to summon the people, from the highest to the lowest, to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:1-27

Having thus dealt with the actual visitation and its terrible devastation, and having called the people into the place of humiliation, the prophet rose to a higher level, and interpreted the visitation as indicating a deeper and more terrible judgment threatening them. In doing this, he made use of the figure of the blowing of a trumpet. The first blast sounded a note of alarm as it announced the approach of the Day of Jehovah. With the figure of the locusts still in mind, the prophet... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:18-27

Having Accepted His People’s Repentance YHWH Promises To Deliver Them from The Plagues Of Locusts By Casting The Locusts Into The Seas On Both Sides Of The Land And That He Will Then Restore The Fruitfulness of Their Land (Joel 2:18-27 ). After the plagues came the deliverance, presumably because the people repented in accordance with Joel’s instructions (Joel 2:15-17). As a consequence of their repentance YHWH was ‘jealous’ for His land. He one again recognised it as His own and determined... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:18-25

Joel 2:18— Joel 3:21 . Yahweh’ s Gracious Response to the Prayer of Intercession. Joel 2:18-Daniel : . The Locusts shall be Destroyed and the Inhabitants of the Land Rejoice in Renewed Prosperity. Joel 2:21-Jeremiah :, which seems to interrupt the speech of Yahweh, may be misplaced. Certainly Joel 2:25 would follow well on Joel 2:20, and the change to the third person for Yahweh is striking. But in prophecy the interchange between the words of Yahweh and the words of the prophet— regarded as... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joel 2:21

Fear not, O land. In Joel 2:10, the land is said to quake at the approach of this devouring army; now at the approach of mercy it is encouraged, and commanded not to fear; by the same figure and in the same sense, it should not fear now as before it did quake. Be glad and rejoice: this tells us that fear not was a meosis; shout for joy, express the greatest confidence. For the Lord, who is your God whom you seek, who by me assureth you it is his gracious purpose to do great things for your... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joel 2:21-27

CRITICAL NOTES.] Joel 2:21. Fear not] as in ch. 1, on account of judgments, but rejoice in the destruction of the hosts. Joel 2:22.] Verdant pastures and trees laden with fruit shall be given. Beasts of the field shall no longer want. Joel 2:23. Rain] The former moderately, lit. according to right, i.e. in due measure, not in extremes to injure (Deuteronomy 11:14; Proverbs 16:15). The rain] Generically, showers. The latter rain] to mature the crops; rain in season, rain in opposition to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joel 2:1-32

Chapter 2Now he uses this as the springboard and he begins to speak now of a yet future day of devastation that is coming from armies that are to invade the land. And in the second chapter, as he describes this invading army, it is interesting to notice the description that he gives, because it is not much of a stretch of the imagination for us to see that he is describing modern warfare. The things that he described were things that were totally unknown and unheard of in his day, but yet they... read more

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