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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 2:13

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joel 2:13

"And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil."And not your garments ..." The prohibition in this is not directed against the demonstration of adequate external signs of repentance, for such indications of the inward condition of penitence had just been commanded in the preceding verse; what is forbidden, therefore, is the reliance upon such outward things... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 2:13

Joel 2:13. And rend your heart, &c.— The rending of garments was used by almost all the ancients, as a token of deepest sorrow. The expression before us is a proper Hebraism; and the truest sense of it is, Rend your hearts, and not your garments only. The prophet does not forbid the external appearances of grief and mourning, but on the contrary requires them; as is plain from the foregoing verse, and the 16th and 17th. But he cautions them against an external, hypocritical show of sorrow,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:13

13. Let there be the inward sorrow of heart, and not the mere outward manifestation of it by "rending the garment" ( :-). the evil—the calamity which He had threatened against the impenitent. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:1-27

III. A NEAR FUTURE DAY OF THE LORD: A HUMAN INVASION 2:1-27Joel had spoken briefly of a coming day of the Lord in Joel 1:15, but now he said more about it.The term "the day of the Lord" seems to have arisen from the popular concept, in the ancient Near East, that a really great warrior king could consummate an entire military campaign in one single day. [Note: See Douglas Stuart, "The Sovereign’s Day of Conquest," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 220/21 (December 1975,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:12-13

Speaking for the Lord, Joel urged his hearers even now, even though judgment was threatened, to repent. However, he clarified that their repentance needed to be wholehearted, not just external. Fasting, weeping, and mourning would give evidence of the people’s sincerity, but they had to rend their hearts, not just their garments, as was customary in mourning. They needed to return to Yahweh their God (cf. 2 Chronicles 7:14). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:12-14

1. An appeal for private repentance 2:12-14 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:12-17

B. A call to repentance 2:12-17Such an awesome prospect of invasion led Joel to appeal to the people of Jerusalem to repent. This would hopefully turn away God’s judgment. He voiced two appeals, but, unusually, he did not say what the sins of the people were. Evidently they were known well enough at the time. read more

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 2:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joel 2:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 2:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:1-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:12-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:12-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:12-17

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