Joel 2:20 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 2:20

But I will remove far off from you the northern army ,.... The army of the locusts, which came from the northern corner, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; and is the first sense Jarchi makes mention of; though he says their Rabbins F2 Vid. T. Bab. Succah, fol. 52. 1. interpret it of the evil imagination hid in the heart of men; and the two seas, later mentioned, of the two temples, first and second, destroyed by it; so, Kimchi says, they explain this verse of the days of the Messiah, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:20

I will remove far off from you the northern army - "That is, the locusts; which might enter Judea by the north, as Circassia and Mingrelia abound with them. Or the locusts may be thus called, because they spread terror like the Assyrian armies, which entered Judea by the north. See Zephaniah 2:13 ." - Newcome. Syria, which was northward of Judea, was infested with them; and it must have been a northern wind that brought them into Judea, in the time of Joel; as God promises to change this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:20

Verse 20 In this verse he more fully confirms the Jews, that they might not be afraid of reproach from the Gentiles. It may have been that the Assyrians were now in readiness, prepared for war; it was then difficult to free the Jews from every fear. The Prophet had said generally that they would be no more subject to the mockeries of the Gentiles; but yet fear could not but be felt by them. “We see the Assyrians already armed; and what can we expect but to be devoured by them? for we are not... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:20

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea. This verse promises the destruction of the devastator. The prophet here specifies the means by which the Eternal was going to restore the blessings of harvest. The order of sequence is inverted—the effect preceding the cause; thus, re. storation of prosperity and plenty goes before, and the cause thereof, being... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:20

And I will remove far off from you the northern army - God speaks of the human agent under the figure of the locusts, which perish in the sea; yet so as to show at once, that He did not intend the locust itself, nor to describe the mode in which He should overthrow the human oppressor. He is not speaking of the locust itself, for the Northern is no name for the locust which infested Palestine, since it came from the south; nor would the destruction of the locust be in two opposite seas, since... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:20

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:20

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