Joel 2:12-13 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:12-14

The judgment of the locusts was typical of the great day of judgment. The tartars of that day were designed to bring the people to repentance. Thus judgment was mingled with mercy. 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 2:13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God . Where there is real contrition of spirit because of sin, outward manifestations are both suitable and proper, though not by way of display or for sake of ostentation. But they were reminded, on the other hand, that mere outward manifestations avail nothing unless there also exist the deep inward feelings which are in harmony with and naturally underlie those manifestations. Out of such inward feelings those outward... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:13

Spiritual repentance. Throughout the Scriptures the one indispensable condition of man's forgiveness and of his acceptance with God, which is insisted upon by all inspired writers, is repentance. It is, therefore, of great importance to have right view of this exercise or posture of the soul. I. TRUE REPENTANCE DOES NOT CONSIST IN ANY EXTERNAL , CEREMONIAL OBSERVANCE . In the East especially it has always been common to practise rites of a symbolical character in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:12

Therefore - (And) now also All this being so, one way of escape there is, true repentance. As if God said , “All this I have therefore spoken, in order to terrify you by My threats. Wherefore “turn unto Me with all your hearts,” and show the penitence of your minds “by fasting and weeping and mourning,” that, fasting now, ye may “be filled” hereafter “weeping now,” ye may laugh hereafter; mourning now, ye may hereafter “be comforted” Luke 6:21; Matthew 5:4. And since it is your custom “to rend... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:13

And rend your hearts and not your garments - that is, “not your garments only” (see the note at Hosea 6:6). The rending of the clothes was an expression of extraordinary uncontrollable emotion, chiefly of grief, of terror, or of horror. At least, in Holy Scripture it is not mentioned as a part of ordinary mourning, but only upon some sudden overpowering grief, whether public or private . It was not used on occasion of death, unless there were something very grievous about its circumstances. At... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:12-14

Joel 2:12-14. Therefore, also now, &c. Or, Nevertheless, also now, saith the Lord, &c. Here a method is pointed out, whereby they might still have hopes of avoiding the calamity denounced against them, namely, by turning to God sincerely, and publicly testifying their inward repentance and grief for their sins, by outward expressions of sorrow and humiliation. And rend your heart Rending of the garments was customary in times of great sorrow and affliction, not only among the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joel 2:12-27

2:12-32 GOD’S MERCY ON THE REPENTANTRepentance and restoration (2:12-27)Although God is the one who has sent this judgment, it is not too late for the people to ask for his mercy. However, this must be accompanied by genuine inward repentance, not just by the outward show of torn clothing, sackcloth and ashes. God may then restore their fields and vineyards, and they will be able to worship him with their cereal and wine offerings again (12-14).Once more a trumpet is blown, but this time to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 2:12

Therefore , &c. Another call ("F", Joel 2:12 , corresponding with "F", Joel 2:1 ). See the Structure, p. 1226. saith the LORD = [is] Jehovah's oracle. turn ye = turn ye back, or return. to = quite up to, as in Hosea 14:1 . with all your heart. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 6:5 ). and. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulgate, unlit this "and". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 2:13

rend your heart. Compare Psalms 34:18 ; Psalms 51:17 . your garments. Ref, to Pentateuch (Genesis 37:34 ). App-92 . God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . he is gracious, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:6 , Exodus 34:7 . Numbers 14:18 ). App-92 . Compare 2 Chronicles 30:9 . Nehemiah 9:17 , Nehemiah 9:31 .Psalms 86:5 , Psalms 86:15 ; Psalms 103:8 ; Psalms 145:8 . kindness = grace. repenteth. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . evil. Hebrew. raa . App-44 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:12-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:12-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joel 2:12-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 2:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 2:13

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