Joel 2:26

26. As a result of the bountiful restoration, the Jews will recognize Jehovah as their God and praise him for his divine interposition.

Name of Jehovah Equivalent to person of Jehovah (see on Amos 2:7; Micah 5:4, Hastings’s Dictionary of the Bible, article “Name,” 5).

Shall never be ashamed Having been brought to a true recognition of God, they may now enjoy his favor; he need not turn away from them again, or send calamities that would disgrace them in the eyes of their neighbors (Joel 2:17; compare Isaiah 49:23; Psalms 22:5). 27. The calamity was an evidence of the displeasure of Jehovah (Hosea 2:6-7; Hosea 2:9; Hosea 5:15; Ezekiel 10:18-19; Ezekiel 11:23), in the same manner prosperity will be a proof of his favor and presence.

In the midst of Israel As the source of blessing, as protector and refuge in all need (Isaiah 12:6; Hosea 11:9; Deuteronomy 7:21).

Israel Evidently the theocratic community made up of the reunited Israel and Judah (Isaiah 11:12-13). This verse is a reply to the taunt in Joel 2:17, “Where is their God?”

I am Jehovah your God Every religious leader from the time of Moses insisted that Jehovah was the God of Israel (Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6), but the people too frequently forgot it and went “ whoring after other gods” (Hosea 2:5; Hosea 2:8). To bring them to their senses Jehovah must pour out judgment again and again; but the present blow will cure them, and they will recognize in him, and in him only, their God. The phrase is a very common one in the Old Testament, used always, in connections similar to this one, “to denote the conviction produced by some great act of judgment or deliverance upon those who witness it.”

None else “By their fruits ye shall know them.” The gods who in the past lured away the people are seen to be worthless; they have no power to protect or help (Hosea 2:7; Isaiah 1:29-31; Isaiah 45:5-6; Isaiah 45:18; Deuteronomy 4:35). The closing words are a repetition, from the preceding verse, rounding off in a rhetorical manner the promises of the immediate temporal blessings and of permanent protection.