Joel 2:30

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joel 2:28-32

Promise of the Spirit (2:28-32)People may readily turn to God in days of hardship, but many of them just as readily forget God and become self-satisfied as soon as prosperity returns. They will be more obedient to God when they have a better understanding of his will. They will be more genuine in their devotion to him when they realize that his blessings consist of more than grain, wine and oil. Joel looks forward to the day when God will give all his people this better understanding by putting... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 2:30

I will shew. Compare Matthew 24:29 . Mark 13:24 . blood, and fire . These are symbols of Divine, judgment; not of salvation by grace. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joel 2:30

"And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.Myers' observation that the portents in the heavens "are frequently associated with the coming of great events"[41] is correct. There was also a moral implication. Such omens as are mentioned in these verses "are omens of the Day of Judgment, the day of the destruction of evil in order that good may survive and flourish."[42]On the day of Pentecost, the apostle Peter quoted this very passage as having... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 2:30

Joel 2:30. And I will shew wonders, &c.— Whoever will be at the pains to compare our Saviour's prophesy of the destruction of Jerusalem, Matthew 24:0 with the present passage, will have no doubt concerning the application of this part of Joel's prophesy. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:30

30, 31. As Messiah's manifestation is full of joy to believers, so it has an aspect of wrath to unbelievers, which is represented here. Thus when the Jews received Him not in His coming of grace, He came in judgment on Jerusalem. Physical prodigies, massacres, and conflagrations preceded its destruction [JOSEPHUS, Wars of the Jews]. To these the language here may allude; but the figures chiefly symbolize political revolutions and changes in the ruling powers of the world, prognosticated by... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:28-32

A. Israel’s spiritual renewal and deliverance 2:28-32 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 2:30-31

The Lord also promised awesome displays of celestial phenomena before this great and terrible day of the Lord arrived. Awe-inspiring miracles would occur in the sky as well as on the earth. The appearance of blood, fire, and columns of smoke suggests warfare, with God’s hand at work behind the scenes (cf. Exodus 19:9; Exodus 19:16-18; Revelation 6:12-17). The sun would become dark and the moon would turn red. These are probably descriptions of how these heavenly bodies will look (language of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:1-32

Repentance followed by RestorationJoel 2:1-17 are another description of the locust plague. An alarm is sounded as though the Day of Jehovah had come (Joel 2:1-3). The advance of the locusts into the city is described under the figure of an invading army (Joel 2:4-11). A message to the penitent is given from Jehovah (Joel 2:12-14), and a call is issued for a fast of supplication (Joel 2:15-17). Then follow the announcements that Jehovah has had pity on His people, and that He will remove the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joel 2:30-31

(30, 31) The sun . . . and the moon.—These words, recalling some of the portents in the ancient history of the Jews (especially as instanced in some of the plagues of Egypt) are taken up by our Lord Himself, as ushering in the great day of judgment; and they are echoed again by St. John in the vision of the opening of the sixth seal: “For the great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?” (Comp. Joel 2:11 of this chapter.) The sun and moon, &c., may include the luminaries... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Joel 2:1-32

Conversion (Ash Wednesday) Joel 2:12 A great national calamity, either impending or just passed, was the occasion of the prophecy of Joel. It is traceable to national sin, and its remedy is national repentance. The words of our text bring before us a matter which is peculiarly fit for Ash Wednesday consideration the doctrine of Conversion; for conversion is the first step in that life of penitence to which Lent calls us. But conversion is a subject about which there is much misunderstanding. ... read more

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