Joel 2:25 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 2:25

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten ,.... Or "I will recompense to you the years" F13 ושלמתי לכם "et rependam vobis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Vatablus, Tarnovius; "compensabo", Grotius, Cocceius. ; give you fruitful ones, as a full compensation for those in which the locust ate up the fruits of the earth for some years running: the canker worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer worm ; of which see Joel 1:4 ; my great army which I... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:25

I will restore - the years - It has already been remarked that the locusts not only destroyed the produce of that year, but so completely ate up all buds, and barked the trees, that they did not recover for some years. Here God promises that he would either prevent or remedy that evil; for he would restore the years that the locusts, cankerworm, caterpillar, and palmerworm had eaten. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:25

Verse 25 The Prophet confirms what he had previously said, and states what is of an opposite character, — that God can as easily restore a rich fruitfulness to the land as he had before rendered it barren by sending devouring insects. I will give you years, (for the other years,) he says; and that the Jews might more fully understand that all this was in God’s hand, he expressly declares that the cankerworms, the chafers, and the locusts (11), were his army and as it were his hired army, whom... 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 2:21-27

Loss repaired. These verses contain an amplification of the pre ceding promises by way of stronger assurance and greater comfort to his people There is also an application of the same, in which, by a bold but beautiful personification, the laud itself, beasts of the field, as well as the children of Zion, are called to joy and gladness. I. REJOICINGS ENJOINED . 1 . The call to joy is addressed to things animate and inanimate, to animals rational and irrational; while the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:24-27

In these verses the prophet pictures the blessed effects of the abundant rain on the parched and barren land. Joel 2:24 presents a contrast to Joel 2:10-12 of Joel 1:1-20 .; while the promise of corn and wine and oil in Joel 1:19 , with which the present is closely connected, is performed. The perfects exhibit the Divine promise as actually accomplished. I will restore to you the years . This denotes either (2) it implies that, only for the timely interposition of Jehovah in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:25-27

Twofold restoration. "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten," etc. These words refer to a twofold restoration. I. THE RESTORATION OF LOST MATERIAL MERCIES . "I will restore you the years that the locust hath eaten ," etc. That the prophet has here in view the plague of locusts described in Joel 1:1-20 ; cannot well be doubted. The names, though placed in a different order, are identical with those there specified. " My great army. " They... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:25

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten - The order in which these destroyers are named not being the same as before, it is plain that the stress is not on the order, but on the successiveness of the inroads, scourge after scourge. It is plain too that they did not come in the same year, or two years, but year after year, for he says, not “year,” but in the plural, “years.” The locusts, although not the whole plague, intended, are not excluded. : “As the power of God was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:25-27

Joel 2:25-27. And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten I will compensate you, or make you amends, for what the locusts have eaten in the foregoing years, by an extraordinary plenty of the fruits of the earth. This verse proves, beyond a doubt, that they mistake who interpret this prophecy of a hostile invasion of Judea; for it seems to be a general rule in the prophecies, that when any thing of a common nature is expressed by metaphors, that which is the literal sense... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:18-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:21-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:24-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 2:25-27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:25-27

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