Joel 2:18-19 NIV

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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:19

Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people ,.... By his prophets, as Kimchi: or, "the Lord answered and said" F1 ויען "et respondit", Piscator, Drusius, Burkius. ; while they were praying and weeping, or as soon as they cried unto him; or, however, praying to him, they might assure themselves that he heard them, and would answer them both by words and deeds: behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil ; that is, cause the earth to bring forth corn, as wheat and barley,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

Yea, the Lord will answer - It is not a peradventure; it will surely be done; if ye seek God as commanded, ye will find him as promised. I will send you corn and wine - He will either prevent the total ravaging of the land, or so bless it with extraordinary vegetable strength, that ye shall have plentiful crops. 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

Verse 19 He afterwards says, God has answered (8) and said to his people, Behold, I will send to you corn, wine, and oil. The Prophet does not here recite what had been done, but, on the contrary, declares, that God in future would be reconciled to them; as though he said, “I have hitherto been a herald of war, and bidden all to prepare themselves for the coming evil: but now I am a messenger to proclaim peace to you; if only you are resolved to turn to God, and to turn unfeignedly, I do now... 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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:19

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

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