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The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:15-17

That day-the fear of the wicked, the hope of the just. These verses picture the dread accompaniments of the time and place of the destruction of the wicked. They give us a glimpse, and a most alarming one, of the final catastrophe. I. THE DAY OF DECISION SHALL BE A DAY OF DARKNESS , Apart from the decision itself and consequent execution of Divine wrath upon the ungodly—an execution which, as if baffling the power of words to describe, is left to imagination to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:16

Out of Zion . The presence of Jehovah is the immediate occasion of these terrors; and hence his voice proceeds from Jerusalem, or more particularly from Zion, where the visible symbol of his presence long dwelt. "For there," says Kimchi, "was his dwelling in Jerusalem; and as if from thence he roared and uttered his voice against them." Thus far the prophet pictures in very vivid, indeed terribly vivid, colours the frightful scene in the valley of decision: then stops short without... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:16

The Lord his people's Hope and Strength. The prospect of the day of the Lord is to the sinful fraught with dread and with dismay. To them the judgment brings the delayed condemnation, and therefore the very thought of it is associated with alarm. But the language of this verse reminds us how differently the Divine appearance and interposition are regarded by the true people of God. I. THE RIGHTEOUS LORD IS THE HARBOUR AND THE HOPE OF HIS PEOPLE . 1 . They... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:17

Jerusalem will be a sanctuary, and strangers will not pass through it any more . In the beginning of this verse Jehovah promises to be the God of his people; he points to the place of his abode, and purifies Jerusalem by judgment that it will be a true holy place, untrodden by the foot of Gentile stranger or Jewish unbeliever any more. His people would recognize his presence and his power by the wonderful deliverance vouchsafed to them. "Jerusalem," says Kimchi, "shall be a sanctuary, like... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:17

The Lord's holy dwelling-place. When Jerusalem was entered by hostile armies, it must have been to the Jews a sore amazement and trouble to behold the sanctuary of God profaned. The city was a holy city, and the temple was a holy building. National disaster involved the profanation of what was justly regarded as "holiness unto the Lord." I. THE TRUE JERUSALEM IS THE CONSECRATED CHURCH OF CHRIST . In the elder dispensation certain places were holy. But the Christian... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:14

The prophet continues, as in amazement at the great throng assembling upon one another, “multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision,” as though, whichever way he looked, there were yet more of these “tumultuous masses,” so that there was nothing beside them. It was one living, surging, boiling, sea: throngs upon throngs, mere throngs! . The word rendered “multitudes” suggests, besides, the thought of the hum and din of these masses thronging onward, blindly, to their own destruction.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon shall be darkened - This may be, either that they shall be outshone by the brightness of the glory of Christ, or that they themselves shall undergo a change, whereof the darkness at the Crucifixion was an image. An ancient writer says ; “As in the dispensation of the Cross the sun failing, there was darkness over all the earth, so when the ‘sign of the Son of man’ appeareth in heaven in the Day of Judgment, the light of the sun and moon and stars shall fail, consumed, as it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:16

The Lord shall roar out of Zion - As in the destruction of Sennacherib, when he was now close upon his prey, and “shook his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem, the Lord of hosts lopped the bough with terror, and the high ones of stature were hewn down, and the haughty were humbled Isaiah 10:32-33, so at the end. It is foretold of antichrist, that his destruction shall be sudden, “Then shall that Wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:17

God Himself wondrously joins on His own words to those of the prophet, and speaks to His own people; “so (literally, and) ye shall know,” by experience, by sight, face to face, what ye now believe, “that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.” So He saith in the second Psalm, “Then shall he speak unto them” Psalms 2:5-6 (the enemies of His Christ) “in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure; And I have set My king on My holy hill of Zion;” and, “Behold the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 3:14-15

Joel 3:14-15. Multitudes, &c. These are Joel’s words, exclaiming, with prophetic warmth and agitation, Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! As though he had said, See what astonishing numbers are brought together for their destruction! The sentence, thus abrupt and broken, is very strong and emphatical. The place is called the valley of decision, because in it the cause would be decided between God and his enemies, and there he would execute judgment upon them.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 3:14-15

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