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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:17

Verse 17 Then it follows, Between the court and the altar let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep. It was the priests’ office, we know, to pray in the name of the whole people; and now the Prophet follows this order. It was not, indeed, peculiar to the priests to pray and to ask pardon of God; but they prayed in the name of all the people. The reason must be well known to us; for God intended by these legal types to remind the Jews, that they could not offer prayers to him, except... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:18

Verse 18 The Prophet here again repeats, that prayers would not be in vain, provided the Jews truly humbled themselves before God. Then God, he says, will be jealous for his land and spare his people. He confirms what I have already said that God would deal mercifully with his people, because they were his heritage, that is because he had chosen them for himself. For the title of heritage, whence does it proceed except from the gratuitous covenant of God? for the Jews were not more excellent... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

Verse 19 He afterwards says, God has answered (8) and said to his people, Behold, I will send to you corn, wine, and oil. The Prophet does not here recite what had been done, but, on the contrary, declares, that God in future would be reconciled to them; as though he said, “I have hitherto been a herald of war, and bidden all to prepare themselves for the coming evil: but now I am a messenger to proclaim peace to you; if only you are resolved to turn to God, and to turn unfeignedly, I do now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:12-17

These verses summon the people To humiliation for sin, and thanksgiving for mercy. God, by his prophet, does not forbid the outward sign of sorrow, so customary among Orientals and common among the Jews; he rather insists upon the presence of the thing signified, without which the sign was more a mockery than a reality. I. THE OCCASION OF THE HUMILIATION . It Was an earnest time with the people of the southern kingdom. Terrible desolation had been made in the land of Judah.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

"The harsh blast of the consecrated ram's horn called an assembly for an extraordinary fast. Not a soul was to be absent. Like the fiery cross, it convened old and young, men and women, mothers with infants at their breasts, the bridegroom and the bride on their bridal day. All were there stretched in front of the altar. The altar itself presented the dreariest of all sights—a hearth without its sacred fire, a table spread without its sacred feast. The priestly caste, instead of gathering as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

An urgently demanded meeting. "Blow the trumpet in Zion," etc. Men are constantly assembling themselves together for one purpose or another—political, commercial, scientific, entertaining. But of all the meetings, none are so urgent as the one indicated in the text. I. IT IS A MEETING CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF COMMON SIN . All the people of Judah had sinned grievously, and they were now summoned together on that account. No subject is of such urgent importance as this.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:16

Elders and children. The occasion is serious. National disaster seems imminent. What shall be done to turn away Divine anger? Let the people be summoned to meet in solemn assembly, and by fasts and prayers let them address themselves to the Divine compassion. And that it may be a truly national and popular act of religion, let no class, no sex, no age, be omitted from the summons, or exempted from the exercises of devotion and intercession. Thus ciders and children are, upon Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:17

Priestly entreaty. The priests of the old covenant occupied a position, relatively to religion and to the Church, very different from that occupied by Christian ministers of any special order. Their office was partly fulfilled and superseded by the ministrations of" the great High Priest of our profession," and partly taken up by the whole body of the faithful, who are "priests unto God." I. THE PRIESTLY OFFICE . Priests were: 1 . Ministers of the Lord, appointed by him to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18

The futures of this verse with vav consec , are properly taken as perfects; nor is there any inconsistency, provided we understand, as following Joel 2:17 and preceding Joel 2:18 , the fact that the priests had engaged in the penitence enjoined, and offered the supplication to which they had been summoned; neither is the omission of any express mention of the circumstance thus supposed to intervene between these verses any valid objection, especially as the grammar favours the view in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-20

These verses prove The efficacy of prayer. No one who believes in a personal God, no one who believes in a God who rules and governs all, and no one especially who believes in the Bible as the Word of God, can doubt or deny the efficacy of prayer. I. HERE FOLLOWS IN A SERIES GOD 'S REGARD TO HIS PEOPLE AND RESPONSE TO THEIR PRAYERS . He regards their impoverished condition, be repairs their losses, he removes their reproach, and he repels the immediate cause... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:12-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-20

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