Joel 2:23-27 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 2:23

Be glad then, ye children of Zion ,.... The people of the Jews, and especially the spiritual and believing part of them; such as were born again, that were born of Zion, and born in Zion, and brought up by her, and in her; the children of that Zion or Jerusalem that is the mother of us all; and who were looking for the Messiah, and to whom it would be good news and glad tidings to hear of his coming, Zechariah 9:9 ; and rejoice in the Lord your God ; not in any creature or creature... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:24

And the floors shall be full of wheat ,.... The churches of Christ, which will now be in Judea, and in the Gentile world, which are his "floors", Matthew 3:12 ; and which will be set up everywhere through the preaching of the Gospel, the descent of the former and latter rain; these will be full of precious souls gathered in, compared to wheat, and of the choice and excellent, doctrines of the Gospel, and of all spiritual provisions, Matthew 13:30 ; and the fats shall overflow with... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:26

And ye shall eat in plenty ,.... Or, "in eating eat" F14 אכל־תאם אכול "comedetis comedendo", Pagninus, Montanus; "ceras", Vatablus, Piscator, Tarnovius. ; most surely eat, and in great abundance; which Hebraism not only denotes the certainty of a thing, but the increase and abundance of it; see Genesis 22:17 ; there is plenty of spiritual provisions held forth under the Gospel dispensation: much in God, in his goodness, grace, and love, truth and faithfulness; in his covenant,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:27

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel ,.... The presence of God among his people shall be so manifest, the tokens of it so clear, that it shall be easily known, by the impressions of his love upon them; the teachings of his Spirit in them; the usefulness of the word and ordinances to them; the spiritual and heavenly frame of soul they shall be favoured with, and the savouriness of their conversation; this is the blessing Christ has promised to Gospel ministers and churches, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:23

The former rain moderately - לצדקה המורה hammoreh litsedakah , "the former rain in righteousness," that is, in due time and in just proportion. This rain fell after autumn, the other in spring. See Hosea 6:3 . In the first month - בראשון barishon , "as aforetime." So Bp. Newcome. In the month Nisan. - Syriac. 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:26

Praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you - In so destroying this formidable enemy; and so miraculously restoring the land to fertility, after so great a devastation. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:23

Verse 23 He now exhorts the Jews also to rejoice, but in a way different from that of the land and of the beasts. Rejoice, he says, in your God. For the beasts and the sheep, while rejoicing, cannot raise their thoughts higher than to their food: hence, the joy of brute animals, as they say, terminates in its object. But the Prophet sets forth God before the Jews as the ground of their joy. We then see how he distinguishes them from brute animals from the land and other elements; for he not... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:24

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 2:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:23

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 2:23

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