Joel 2:15-17 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:12-17

These verses summon the people To humiliation for sin, and thanksgiving for mercy. God, by his prophet, does not forbid the outward sign of sorrow, so customary among Orientals and common among the Jews; he rather insists upon the presence of the thing signified, without which the sign was more a mockery than a reality. I. THE OCCASION OF THE HUMILIATION . It Was an earnest time with the people of the southern kingdom. Terrible desolation had been made in the land of Judah.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

"The harsh blast of the consecrated ram's horn called an assembly for an extraordinary fast. Not a soul was to be absent. Like the fiery cross, it convened old and young, men and women, mothers with infants at their breasts, the bridegroom and the bride on their bridal day. All were there stretched in front of the altar. The altar itself presented the dreariest of all sights—a hearth without its sacred fire, a table spread without its sacred feast. The priestly caste, instead of gathering as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

An urgently demanded meeting. "Blow the trumpet in Zion," etc. Men are constantly assembling themselves together for one purpose or another—political, commercial, scientific, entertaining. But of all the meetings, none are so urgent as the one indicated in the text. I. IT IS A MEETING CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF COMMON SIN . All the people of Judah had sinned grievously, and they were now summoned together on that account. No subject is of such urgent importance as this.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:16

Elders and children. The occasion is serious. National disaster seems imminent. What shall be done to turn away Divine anger? Let the people be summoned to meet in solemn assembly, and by fasts and prayers let them address themselves to the Divine compassion. And that it may be a truly national and popular act of religion, let no class, no sex, no age, be omitted from the summons, or exempted from the exercises of devotion and intercession. Thus ciders and children are, upon Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:17

Priestly entreaty. The priests of the old covenant occupied a position, relatively to religion and to the Church, very different from that occupied by Christian ministers of any special order. Their office was partly fulfilled and superseded by the ministrations of" the great High Priest of our profession," and partly taken up by the whole body of the faithful, who are "priests unto God." I. THE PRIESTLY OFFICE . Priests were: 1 . Ministers of the Lord, appointed by him to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:15

Before, he had, in these same words Joel 2:1; Joel 1:14, called to repentance, because the Day of the Lord was coming, was near, “a day of darkness,” etc. Now , because God is “gracious and merciful, slow to anger and plenteous in goodness,” he agains exhorts, “Blow ye the trumpet;” only the call is more detailed, that every sex and age should form one band of suppliants to the mercy of God. : “Most full abolition of sins is then obtained, when one prayer and one confession issueth from the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:16

Sanctify the congregation - o: “Do what in you lies, by monishing, exhorting, threatening, giving the example of a holy life, that the whole people present itself holy before its God” , “lest your prayers be hindered, and a little leaven corrupt the whole lump.”Assemble the elders - o: “The judgment concerned all; all then were to join in seeking mercy from God. None were on any pretence to be exempted; not the oldest, whose strength was decayed, or the youngest, who might seem not yet of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:17

Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar - The porch in this, Solomon’s temple, was in fact a tower, in front of the holy of holies, of the same breadth with the temple, namely, 20 cubits, and its depth half its breadth, namely, 10 cubits 1 Kings 6:3, and its height 120 cubits, the whole “overlaid within with pure gold” 2 Chronicles 3:4. The brass altar for burnt-offerings stood in front of it 2 Chronicles 8:12. The altar was of brass, twenty cubits... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:15-16

Joel 2:15-16. Blow the trumpet in Zion This was a signal for assembling the people at the solemn times of public worship. Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly Or, appoint ye a fast, proclaim a solemn day: so Archbishop Newcome. Sanctify the congregation Let the people prepare themselves for this solemn time of humiliation, not only by washing themselves and their clothes, and cleansing themselves from all legal impurities, as is required Exodus 19:10-15, but by true contrition of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:17

Joel 2:17. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar The priests, being in a peculiar sense the Lord’s servants, are here required to take the lead in this sacred work of penitence, and to stand weeping and praying between the porch and the altar; that is, in the open court, just before the porch of the temple built by Solomon, (see 1 Kings 6:3,) and the altar of burnt-offerings. This was called the priests’ court, and was the place where the greatest... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:12-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:15-16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:17

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