Joel 2:28

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joel 2:28

After. From this verse to the end the prophet speaks of the times succeeding the captivity, and more especially of the propagation of the gospel. The enemies of God's people shall be destroyed, (chap. iii. 1.) which seems to refer to Cambyses, Ezechiel xxxviii. (Calmet) --- My spirit. This plainly foretells the coming of the Holy Ghost, Acts ii. (Worthington) --- The Jews never had such a multitude of prophets after the captivity as the Church had, 1 Corinthians xiv. 24. What relates to them... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:28-32

28-32 The promise began to be fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, and it was continued in the converting grace and miraculous gifts conferred on both Jews and Gentiles. The judgments of God upon a sinful world, only go before the judgment of the world in the last day. Calling on God supposes knowledge of him, faith in him, desire toward him, dependence on him, and, as evidence of the sincerity of all this, conscientious obedience to him. Those only shall be... 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 2:28-32

SECTION IIHereafter, on “the Lay of the Lord” the Enemies of Israel shall be destroyed, while the Lord reigns in Zion guarding and blessing it.Joel 2:28-32.[In the Hebrew text and in Schmoller, these verses form Chap. III., while Chap. III. of E. V. is numbered Chap. IV We prefer to keep the order of the E. V.—F.]The promise, which up to this point has reference to the present and the near future, now takes a higher and wider range. It brings into view the day of the Lord, the result of the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Joel 2:28-32

“The Valley of Decision” Joel 2:28-32 ; Joel 3:1-21 Having stated the outward blessings that would follow repentance, Joel unveils the extraordinary spiritual blessings that were in store. The outpouring of the Spirit, described in Acts 2:16-17 , does not exhaust these glorious words. This blessing is for all whom the Lord our God shall call to Himself, and as one to whom His call has come, you have a perfect right to claim your share in Pentecost. The promise is to all that are “afar off”... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:28-32

Finally the prophet moved on to a yet higher level, and dealt wholly with things to come. The great word introducing the section is "afterward." Some of the things foretold have now been fulfilled, some are still in the future. In looking toward the distant Day of Jehovah, Joel saw an intervening period of an entirely different character. This he described, ending his message with a declaration concerning the Day of the Lord, which was the real burden on his spirit. Of the intervening period... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:28

YOUTHFUL SEERS‘Your young men shall see visions.’ Joel 2:28 I long and pray for the young men who see visions. Never were they more needed than just now. I. There is the vision for the personal life.—It is the dream of a character in which manliness and brotherliness and godliness join hands. II. There is the vision for the Church life.—It is the vision of a Church absolutely surrendered in love and devotion to her Lord. Let me pray, and pray, that soon the children of God may be roused from... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:28-32

The Promise Of Great Spiritual Blessing Yet To Be ‘Poured Out’ And Portents Of Judgment To Come (Joel 2:28-32 ). And as a result of their restoration to Him through repentance and their turning to Him, He promised that once they had seen the fulfilment of these promises they would at some stage see the fulfilment of greater promises. For at some time in the future He would pour out on them His own Spirit (compare Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:1-5), with the result that all God’s people, both young... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:28-32

Joel 2:28-Jonah : . The Portents of the Day of Yahweh.— The deliverance from the locusts is but a harbinger of the time coming when Yahweh will impart His spirit to all Jews— for to such the context evidently restricts “ all flesh”— so that without distinction of age, sex, or social position, they shall have the ecstatic vision and utterance which mark the prophet—“ all Yahweh’ s people shall be prophets.” The earth shall be filled with the bloodshed of war, and from burning cities shall... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joel 2:28

It shall come to pass, most certainly this shall be done, afterward; in the latter days, after the return out of Babylonish captivity, after the various troubles and salvations by which they may know that I am the Lord, their God in the midst of them, when those wondrous works shall be seconded by the most wonderful of all, the sending the Messiah, in his day and under his kingdom. I will pour out my Spirit; in large abundant measures will I give my Holy Spirit, which the Messiah exalted shall... read more

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