ヨエル書 2:19-32 JC

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:27

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel ,.... The presence of God among his people shall be so manifest, the tokens of it so clear, that it shall be easily known, by the impressions of his love upon them; the teachings of his Spirit in them; the usefulness of the word and ordinances to them; the spiritual and heavenly frame of soul they shall be favoured with, and the savouriness of their conversation; this is the blessing Christ has promised to Gospel ministers and churches, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:28

And it shall come to pass afterward ,.... After the teacher of righteousness has been sent, and a plentiful rain of the Gospel has been let down in the land of Judea, in the ministry of John the Baptist, Christ and his apostles, and such a comfortable enjoyment of the blessings of grace in it, and the knowledge of God by it; and after the wonderful work of redemption wrought by Christ. R. Jeshua in Aben Ezra and Jarchi both say this prophecy refers to time to come; and Kimchi observes, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:29

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour my Spirit. Men servants and maidservants should partake of the gifts and grace of the Spirit in great, abundance; and many of them were effectually called by grace, through the ministry of the word; and some servants became ministers of it; all which appears from 1 Corinthians 7:21 ; for that is not true what the Jews F16 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 92. 1. say, the Shechinah or divine Majesty does not rest but upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:30

And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth ,.... This, and what follow, refer to the prodigies seen in the air, and done in the earth, a little before the destruction of Jerusalem F18 Vid. Joseph. De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 5. sect. 3. ; when in the air were seen comets and blazing stars, particularly one in the form of a sword, hanging over Jerusalem, and appearances of armies engaged in battle; and, on the earth, a flame was seen in the temple, and a voice heard in it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:31

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood ,.... Not by eclipses, as Aben Ezra; but by the clouds of smoke arising from the burning of towns and cities, which would be so great as to obscure the sun, and through which the moon would look like blood: or all, this may be understood in a figurative sense of the change that should be made in the ecclesiastic and civil state of the Jewish nation, signified by the "heavens" and "earth"; and particularly that their king or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:32

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered ,.... Or "saved", as in Acts 2:21 ; from those miseries and calamities before described, from the impending ruin and destruction of the city; and so it was, that those that believed in Christ, that were in the city, had an intimation of it beforehand, and removed from thence to a place called Pella F23 Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 3. c. 5. p. 75. , and so escaped being involved in the common... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

Yea, the Lord will answer - It is not a peradventure; it will surely be done; if ye seek God as commanded, ye will find him as promised. I will send you corn and wine - He will either prevent the total ravaging of the land, or so bless it with extraordinary vegetable strength, that ye shall have plentiful crops. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:20

I will remove far off from you the northern army - "That is, the locusts; which might enter Judea by the north, as Circassia and Mingrelia abound with them. Or the locusts may be thus called, because they spread terror like the Assyrian armies, which entered Judea by the north. See Zephaniah 2:13 ." - Newcome. Syria, which was northward of Judea, was infested with them; and it must have been a northern wind that brought them into Judea, in the time of Joel; as God promises to change this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:21

Fear not - for the Lord will do great things - The words are repeated from the preceding verse; Jehovah will do great things in driving them away, and supernaturally restoring the land to fertility. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:23

The former rain moderately - לצדקה המורה hammoreh litsedakah , "the former rain in righteousness," that is, in due time and in just proportion. This rain fell after autumn, the other in spring. See Hosea 6:3 . In the first month - בראשון barishon , "as aforetime." So Bp. Newcome. In the month Nisan. - Syriac. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:23

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