Joel 2:32 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 2:32

Joel 2:32. And whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord Whosoever, having heard the gospel, shall repent and believe in Christ, and call on him, or shall make application to God in prayer through him, shall be delivered Namely, from temporal and eternal destruction: thus St. Paul interprets this passage, Romans 10:13. For to believe in Christ, give ourselves up to him, and profess ourselves his disciples, is the most effectual, and indeed the only effectual means of escaping the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 2:32

in mount Zion. Compare Isaiah 46:13 ; Isaiah 59:20 . Obadiah 1:17 . Zechariah 14:1-5 .Romans 11:26 . Jerusalem. As distinct from Mount Zion. See App-68 . deliverance = a delivered remnant. Compare Joel 2:3 . as = according as. hath said: by Joel and other prophets. remnant = an escaped set, shall call = is going to call. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joel 2:32

"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnants those whom Jehovah doth call.In the light of Peter's use of this passage, the primary meaning of it is applicable to salvation from sin, with the attendant indication that just a few, a "remnant" will actually participate in this salvation. In the extended meaning of the prophecy,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 2:32

Joel 2:32. Whosoever shall call, &c.— This expression seems to have a double meaning in the sacred writings. Sometimes it signifies to call oneself by or to be called by the name of Jehovah: thus, Genesis 4:26. As it is in the margin of our Bibles; Then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord; that is to say, to be called the sons of God, in opposition to those who were called the sons of men. See Genesis 6:2.Judges 18:29; Judges 18:29. Isaiah 44:5; Isaiah 48:1. In other... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 2:32

32. call on . . . name of . . . Lord—Hebrew, JEHOVAH. Applied to Jesus in Romans 10:13 (compare Acts 9:14; 1 Corinthians 1:2). Therefore, Jesus is JEHOVAH; and the phrase means, "Call on Messiah in His divine attributes." shall be delivered—as the Christians were, just before Jerusalem's destruction, by retiring to Pella, warned by the Saviour (1 Corinthians 1:2- :); a type of the spiritual deliverance of all believers, and of the last deliverance of the elect "remnant" of Israel from the final... 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 2:32

The promise continued that whoever would call on the name of Yahweh would be delivered. The day of the Lord described earlier in this chapter involved God judging the enemies of His people, and this eschatological day of the Lord also involves divine judgment. Therefore the deliverance in view must be from divine judgment (cf. Romans 11:26). Specifically, there will be people on Mt. Zion and in Jerusalem who escape, even among the survivors of previous distresses whom Yahweh has chosen for... 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 2:32

(32) Deliverance.—Or, perhaps better, those that escape. St. Paul quotes from this verse (Romans 10:13), transferring the reference to the Messianic advent, to prove the universality of the deliverance effected by our Lord, who abolished the difference between Jew and Greek. In His Church, the heavenly Jerusalem, freed from the persecutions and defilements of the world, there is salvation for all who call upon the name of the Lord, their names are inscribed upon the roll as citizens of Zion. read more