Joel 3:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:7

Behold I will raise them - If this promise relates to the same individuals who had been sold, it must have been fulfilled silently; as indeed the return of captives to their own land, unless brought about by some historical event, belongs not to history, but to private life. The prophet, however, is probably predicting God’s dealings with the nations, not with those individuals. The enslaving of these Hebrews in the time of Joram was but one instance out of a whole system of covetous misdeeds.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 3:7-8

Joel 3:7-8. Behold, I will raise them, &c. I will restore them, or their posterity, out of their several captivities whither their enemies have dispersed them. Grotius on this place mentions, that Alexander and his successors set at liberty many Jews, who were slaves in Greece. Many also, on occasion of Cyrus’s decree, might return to their country, from such parts of Asia Minor and the Ionian islands as were subject to that monarch. And will return your recompense upon your own head ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joel 3:1-15

3:1-21 FINAL PUNISHMENT AND BLESSINGUp till now Joel has been emphasizing aspects of the day of the Lord that were not so well known, for example, judgment on all sinners, including Israel-Judah, and blessing on all the faithful, regardless of age, sex or status. Now he deals with aspects that were better known, namely, the salvation of God’s people and the judgment of their enemies. However, he wants his readers to understand these matters in the light of what he has already told them about... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 3:7

I will raise , &c. Compare Isaiah 43:5 , Isaiah 43:6 , with Joe 49:12 .Jeremiah 23:8 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 3:7

Joel 3:7. Out of the place whither, &c.— It is said in the preceding verse, that the Jews were sold to the Grecians. Therefore this place is to be understood principally of Greece; whence the Jews should hasten to the Maccabees, on hearing of their victory. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:7

7. raise them—that is, I will rouse them. Neither sea nor distance will prevent My bringing them back. Alexander, and his successors, restored to liberty many Jews in bondage in Greece [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 13.5; Wars of the Jews, 3.9,2]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 3:1-8

1. The announcement of judgment 3:1-8 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 3:1-17

B. God’s judgment on Israel’s enemy nations 3:1-17God’s judgment on unbelievers would accompany the spiritual renewal and deliverance of His own in the future day of the Lord. As God promised to wipe out the locusts for despoiling Judah, now He promised to do the same to the nations that had despoiled Judah (cf. Zephaniah 3:8; Ezekiel 38-39; Matthew 25:31-46)."Like a photographer, Joel has used a wide-angle lens for the overall picture in Joel 2:30-32. Then he zooms in for a close look at the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 3:7-8

To pay back these nations, the Lord said He would revive the Israelites in the remote places to which they had been sold. The Israelites would grow strong there and would sell the descendants of these Phoenicians and Philistines to the Sabeans (cf. Ezekiel 27:22-23). Thus He would pay them back in kind, which is His customary method of retribution (Galatians 6:7). This may have been fulfilled in the fourth century B.C., or the fulfillment may still be future. Allen saw Antiochus III’s... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:1-21

The Judgment of the Heathen and the Glory of IsraelA general judgment of all nations, for their mistreatment of Israel, is announced in the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:1-4). Tyre, Zidon, and Philistia, immediate neighbours of Israel, are arraigned for robbery and slave trade, and sentenced according to the lex talionis (Joel 3:5-8). All nations are then summoned as though to a tryst of arms before Jehovah (Joel 3:9-13), whose terrible Day is described (Joel 3:14-17), ending with the blessing... read more

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