요엘 3:18-21 KRV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:19

Verse 19 But he afterwards joins, that the Egyptians and Idumeans would be sterile and dry in the midst of this great abundance of blessings, for they were professed enemies to the Church. Hence God in this verse declares that they shall not be partakers of his bounty; that though all Judea would be irrigated, though it would abound in honeys milk, and wine, yet these would remain barren and empty; Mizraim, then, shall be a solitude, Edom shall be a desert of solitude. Why? Because of the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:20

Verse 20 God here testifies that his redemption would not be for a short time, but that its fruit would be for a long, period, yea, perpetual: for it would be but a small thing for the Church to be redeemed, except God kept it safe under his own power. This second thing the Prophet now adds, — that Judeah shall always remain safe, and that Jerusalem shall be for a continued succession of ages. The ungodly, we know, sometimes flourish for a time, though before God they are already doomed to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:21

Verse 21 The beginning of the verse is in various ways explained. Some make a stop after cleanse thus, “I will cleanse, yet their blood I will not cleanse;” as though God had said, that he would forgive heathen nations all their other wrongs, but could not forgive them the great cruelty they had exercised against his elect. So the sense would be, “Avarice may be borne, I could pass by robberies; but, since they slew my people, I am in this case wholly unforgiving.” Hence, according to this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18

In that day. These words express the state of things consequent on the judgment just executed. The mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow (margin, go ) with waters. Thus the mountains are represented as covered over with vines of richest growth and terraced to the top; the hills as affording most luxuriant pastures and clothed with flocks; the rivers, dried up in summer and reduced to dried-up river-beds, flowing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18

Spiritual prosperity. The language of the prophet in this passage is obviously figurative. In poetical terms, the boldness and beauty of which are not exceeded by the graceful and imaginative writers of classical antiquity, Joel depicts the reign of peace, plenty, and prosperity. Literally these words have not been, and will not be, fulfilled. To some they speak of a restoration of Israel, yet in the future, of a period when all the delights that a nation can enjoy shall be secured in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

These verses picture Judah and Jerusalem as scenes of most abundant blessings, while Egypt and Edom are doomed to irretrievable barrenness and desolation. But, as the language must be understood figuratively, the prosperity of the Lord's laud is set in contrast with the countries of the world-powers; but the contrast includes, as we think, the allotments of eternity as well as the destinies of time. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The promise of plenty. These verses contain the concluding promises of the closing chapter of this book of Scripture. I. THERE IS THE PROMISE OF PLENTY . Some understand the whole of this verse as referring to spiritual blessings, especially in millennial times. "But though the prophecy belongs eminently to one time, the imagery describes the fulness of spiritual blessings which God at all times diffuses in and through the Church; and these blessings, he says, shall... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The millennium era. "And it shall come to pass in that day," etc. This passage begins with a splendid representation of the glorious prosperity which shall attend the people of God after the destruction of all their enemies. Whatever their application to the Jews at any period of their history, they certainly bear an application to that period foretold by prophets and sung by poets,—the millennial period. Giving it this application, observe— I. IT WILL BE AN ERA OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah . The curse of barrenness and utter desolation falls on the enemies of Judah—the nearer and the more remote—because of that very enmity and the violence which was its outcome. The Edomite enemies in the south revolted from Judah in the days of Jehoram; the Edomites compassed him in, and, by thus surrounding him, placed him in extreme peril; and though it is said he smote them, yet his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:20-21

The contrast which these verses present to what precedes is very striking. While Egypt and Edom are devoted to desolation and destruction, Judah, personified, shall dwell (margin, abide ), and Jerusalem, or rather, as we think, Judah shall be dwelt in, as also its capital, from generation to generation. In the concluding verse a reason is assigned. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed . The blood shed by the Egyptians and Edomites is proved by Jehovah to be innocent... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:20-21

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