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The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:14

This and the following verses, instead of expressly narrating the execution of the Divine command, present a picture of it. In one part the prophet sees in vision and shows us pictorially the multitudes of the nations pouring on in one continuous stream into the fatal valley. In another compartment of the picture, Jehovah is seen in the awfulness of his majesty and in the fearfulness of his judgments on the wicked, while he is a Refuge and Strength for his people. Multitudes, multitudes in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:14

The valley of decision. A learned and interesting book has been written upon 'The Decisive Battles of the World.' Often in the long history of mankind, the fate of races, of empires, as well as that of kings and heroes, has been settled upon the battle-field. Decisive conflicts often occur in the region of thought and belief, in the region of personal influence, where there is nothing to attract general attention. But even more overlooked and unnoticed is the perpetual Divine judgment... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining . The densely packed masses are already in the valley of decision, awaiting the judgment about to be executed upon them. But before the judgment actually bursts upon them, and in preparation for it, the sky is overcast; darkness, as a portent of the approaching storm, envelops them; the lights of heaven are put out. The pitchy darkness of a night in which neither moon nor stars appear is sufficiently dismal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:15-17

These verses picture the accompaniments of the judgment, yet not the judgment itself. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:15-17

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18

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