ヨエル書 3:15-20 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 3:9-17

What the psalmist had long before ordered to be said among the heathen (Ps. 96:10) the prophet here will have in like manner to be published to all nations, That the Lord reigns, and that he comes, he comes to judge the earth, as he had long been judging in the earth. The notice here given of God's judging the nations may have reference to the destruction of Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Antiochus, and to the Antichrist especially, and all the proud enemies of the Christian church; but some of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

These promises with which this prophecy concludes have their accomplishments in part in the kingdom of grace, and the comforts and graces of all the faithful subjects of that kingdom, but will have their full accomplishment in the kingdom of glory; for, as to the Jewish church, we know not of any event concerning that which answers to the extent of these promises, and what instances of peace and prosperity they were blessed with, which they may be supposed to be a hyperbolical description of,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:15

The sun and moon shall be darkened ,.... Both the politic and ecclesiastic state of antichrist shall be ruined and destroyed; it shall "fare" with Rome Papal as it did with Rome Pagan, at the time of its dissolution; see Revelation 6:12 ; and the stars shall withdraw their shining : antichristian princes and nobles in the civil state, and the clergy of all ranks in the church state, shall lose their glory. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:16

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem ,.... Christ, the Lamb, shall now appear as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and utter his voice in his providence and judgments on the behalf of his church and people, signified by Zion and Jerusalem; and therefore said to roar, and utter his voice from thence; he will be heard far and near, and strike terror in the hearts of his enemies; see Jeremiah 25:30 ; and the heavens and the earth shall shake ; great... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:17

So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain ,.... The church of God, which is his dwelling place; and will appear more manifestly to be so at this time, when Christ the Lamb will stand on Mount Zion, with an 144,000, having his Father's name in their foreheads, Revelation 14:1 ; and which presence of the Lord will be clearly discerned by his people; by the destruction of their enemies, and by his protection of them; by his being their hope and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:18

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... When antichrist shall be destroyed; the Jews converted; the power of godliness revived, and the presence of God among his people enjoyed. Vitringa, in his Commentary on Isaiah, frequently applies this, and such like prophecies, to the times of the Maccabees; though, he owns, they were but an emblem of better times under the Gospel dispensation; nor does he deny the mystical and spiritual sense of them; that the mountains shall drop down new... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness ,.... These two nations having been the implacable enemies of Israel, are here put for the future adversaries of the church of Christ, Pagan, Papal, and Mahometan; who will all be destroyed as such, and be no more: Rome is called, spiritually or mystically, Egypt, Revelation 11:8 ; and Edom is a name that well agrees with it, it signifying "red", as it is with the blood of the saints: and it is common, with the Jewish... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:20

But Judah shall dwell for ever ,.... The converted Jews shall dwell in their own land for ever, to the end of the, world and never more be carried captive, Ezekiel 37:25 ; and the true professing people of God, as Judah signifies, shall continue in a church state, evermore, and never more be disturbed by any enemies, they shall dwell safely and peaceably to the end of time: and Jerusalem from generation to generation ; shall dwell so in like manner, age after age; that is, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon shall be darkened - High and mighty states shall be eclipsed, and brought to ruin, and the stars - petty states, princes, and governors - shall withdraw their shining; withhold their influence and tribute from the kingdoms to which they have belonged, and set up themselves as independent governors. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:16

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion - His temple and worship shall be reestablished there, and he will thence denounce his judgments against the nations. "The heavens and the earth shall shake." There shall be great commotions in powerful empires and their dependencies; but in all these things his own people shall be unmoved, for God shall be their hope and strength. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 3:9-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:16

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