Joel 2:18,Joel 2:19,Joel 2:32

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 2:18-27

See how ready God is to succour and relieve his people, how he waits to be gracious; as soon as ever they humble themselves under this hand, and pray, and seek his face, he immediately meets them with his favours. They prayed that God would spare them, and see here with what good words and comfortable words he answered them; for God's promises are real answers to the prayers of faith, because with him saying and doing are not two things. Now observe, I. Whence this mercy promised shall take... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:18

Then will the Lord be jealous for his land ,.... Or "zealous" for it; for the honour of it, and the good of its inhabitants, and for the glory of his own name, it being the chief place in the world for his worship and service; and his indignation will be moved against those who have brought desolation on it: and pity his people ; as a father his children, who had suffered much, and had been reduced to great distress by the locusts, or by their enemies: this the prophet foretells would be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:18

Verse 18 The Prophet here again repeats, that prayers would not be in vain, provided the Jews truly humbled themselves before God. Then God, he says, will be jealous for his land and spare his people. He confirms what I have already said that God would deal mercifully with his people, because they were his heritage, that is because he had chosen them for himself. For the title of heritage, whence does it proceed except from the gratuitous covenant of God? for the Jews were not more excellent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18

The futures of this verse with vav consec , are properly taken as perfects; nor is there any inconsistency, provided we understand, as following Joel 2:17 and preceding Joel 2:18 , the fact that the priests had engaged in the penitence enjoined, and offered the supplication to which they had been summoned; neither is the omission of any express mention of the circumstance thus supposed to intervene between these verses any valid objection, especially as the grammar favours the view in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-20

These verses prove The efficacy of prayer. No one who believes in a personal God, no one who believes in a God who rules and governs all, and no one especially who believes in the Bible as the Word of God, can doubt or deny the efficacy of prayer. I. HERE FOLLOWS IN A SERIES GOD 'S REGARD TO HIS PEOPLE AND RESPONSE TO THEIR PRAYERS . He regards their impoverished condition, be repairs their losses, he removes their reproach, and he repels the immediate cause... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-20

Pity and relenting. The transitions of sentiment with which we meet in the Hebrew prophets are remarkable, but not unaccountable. Threats and promises on God's part, rebellion and penitence on man's part, succeed one another with great rapidity. Yet there is order and method in these changes, which are always dependent upon moral and spiritual relations, and are never arbitrary and capricious. I. THE OCCASION OF DIVINE RELENTING . The deep-seated cause is to be found in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-24

Interaction of the Divine and human. "Then will the Lord be jealous," etc. These verses refer to the removal both of the actual calamity under which the nation were suffering, namely, the plague of locusts, and also to the removal of that calamity which was to come upon them by the invasion of a foreign foe, namely, the Assyrians. The latter is evidently referred to in Joel 2:20 : "I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-27

form the sequel of this chapter in the Hebrew, but five additional verses make up the chapter in the Authorized Version. These are divisible into two parts. In the first division the prophet assures his countrymen of the bestowal of temporal mercies, and in the second of the promise of spiritual blessings. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:18

Then will the Lord be jealous for His land - Upon repentance, all is changed. Before, God seemed set upon their destruction. It was His great army which was ready to destroy them; He was at its head, giving the word. Now He is full of tender love for them, which resents injury done to them, as done to Himself. The word might more strictly perhaps be rendered, “And the Lord is jealous” . He would show how instantaneous the mercy and love of God for His people is, restrained while they are... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:18-20

Joel 2:18-20. Then will the Lord be jealous for his land If you do what I propose to you, if you sincerely humble yourselves before God, confess your sins, and truly repent of them, turning to God in newness of life, then will the Lord be concerned for the honour and welfare of that land which he has chosen to settle his worshippers in. Yea, the Lord will say, Behold, I will send you corn, &c. I will restore your former plenty, and the nations about you shall have no more occasion to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 2:18-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:18-20

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