Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Joel 2:15
Blow the trumpet in Zion, the call once more going forth; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly,
Blow the trumpet in Zion, the call once more going forth; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly,
Verse 15. _BLOW THE TRUMPET_] Let no time be lost, let the alarm be sounded....
Before, he had, in these same words Joel 2:1; Joel 1:14, called to repentance, because the Day of the Lord was coming, was near, “a day of darkness,” etc. Now , because God is “gracious and merciful,...
II. THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD: THE REPENTANCE AND RESTORATION OF ISRAEL CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The alarm sounded and the day at hand (Joel 2:1) _ 2. The invading army from the north (Joel 2:3) 3. The rep...
EVEN YET HUMILIATION AND REPENTANCE MAY AVERT THE WORST. But even now, though the calamity is so serious that it seems to be the precursor of the Day of Dread, Yahweh bids the people turn to Him with...
A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY. a day of restraint. See note on Joel 1:14....
_Blow ye the_ HORN _in Zion_ Repeated _verbatim_from Joel 2:1, though in a different sense, as a call, namely, to a religious gathering, not as a signal of the approach of judgment (cf. on Amos 2:2)....
With the view of making the preceding exhortation (Joel 2:12 f.) more practically effective, the prophet here repeats more emphatically the command of Joel 1:14: he bids all ranks and classes assemble...
_THE LORD'S INVITATION TO REPENT -- JOEL 2:12-17:_ At that moment it was not too late for the people to return to the Lord with all their heart and to cry in repentance to him. They were told to fast...
II. PLAN FOR REPENTANCE TEXT: Joel 2:12-17 12 Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 and rend your heart, and...
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: BLOW THE TRUMPET - to convene the people (: cf. ). The nation was guilty, and therefore there must be a national humiliation. Comp...
2:15 trumpet (f-3) Or 'horn.'...
REPENTANCE FOLLOWED BY RESTORATION Joel 2:1 are another description of the locust plague. An alarm is sounded as though the Day of Jehovah had come (Joel 2:1). The advance of the locusts into the city...
THE DAY OF THE LORD JOEL _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 2 THE ARMY OF *LOCUSTS V1 Blow the *trumpet in *Zion. Tell the people on the *Lord’s hill to watch for trouble....
SANCTIFY A FAST. — The prophet renews, therefore, his summons to the priests to proclaim a day of humiliation, on which all, without distinction of age or circumstances, are to be required to present...
תִּקְע֥וּ שֹׁופָ֖ר בְּ צִיֹּ֑ון קַדְּשׁוּ ־צֹ֖ום...
THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORD Joel 1:2; Joel 2:1 JOEL, as we have seen, found the motive of his prophecy in a recent plague of locusts, the appearance of which and the havoc they worked are des...
THE AVERTING OF JUDGMENT Joel 2:12-27 To rend the garment is easy, but a broken and contrite heart can be imparted only by the grace of the Holy Spirit. The love of God should bring us to repentance....
Having thus dealt with the actual visitation and its terrible devastation, and having called the people into the place of humiliation, the prophet rose to a higher level, and interpreted the visitatio...
_Trumpet. Thus were festivals announced, Numbers x. 7._...
I beg the Reader to remark with me, what a most beautiful and finished representation is here of a praying assembly, and what blessings might not be expected to follow, where the Lord gives grace to t...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel." Like Hosea, Joel is one of the earliest prophets (being earlier even than Jonah), but differs ess...
Here again the Prophet reminds them that there was need of deep repentance; for not only individuals had transgressed, but the whole people had become guilty before God; and we also know how many and...
Joel 2:1 sounds the alarm, because the day is near. The day is then described as the invasion of a people, the like of whom had never been seen by Israel or the land. It was, in fact, the army of Jeho...
BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION,.... For the calling of the people together to religious duties, which was one use of the silver trumpets made for and blows by the priests, Numbers 10:2; SANCTIFY A FAST, CA...
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Ver. 15. _Blow the trumpet in Zion_] That all may hear and convene, those of Jerusalem in the temple, and the rest in their several...
_Blow the trumpet in Zion_ This was a signal for assembling the people at the solemn times of public worship. _Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly_ Or, _appoint ye a fast, proclaim a solemn day:_...
15-27 The priests and rulers are to appoint a solemn fast. The sinner's supplication is, Spare us, good Lord. God is ready to succour his people; and he waits to be gracious. They prayed that God wou...
BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION: see JOEL 2:1. SANCTIFY A FAST, CALL A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY: see JOEL 1:14....
Joel 2:15 Blow H8628 (H8798) trumpet H7782 Zion H6726 Consecrate H6942 (H8761) fast H6685 Call H7121 ...
THE CALL GOES OUT FOR THE WHOLE OF JUDAH TO GATHER TOGETHER FOR A TIME OF NATIONAL REPENTANCE IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE SITUATION IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S CALL TO THEM (JOEL 2:15). Joel then gives his instr...
JOEL CALLS THE PRIESTS AND PEOPLE TO REPENTANCE IN THE HOPE THAT YHWH WOULD TURN AWAY HIS JUDGMENT (JOEL 2:12). The call to repentance divides into two sections, the first an appeal to the people by...
CONTENTS: Day of vengeance upon Israel. Invading hosts and awful scourges. Repentance of the Jewish remnant and Jehovah's response and deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Joel. CONCLUSION: The...
Joel 2:1. _Blow ye the trumpet in Zion,_ to convoke a solemn assembly for fasting and humiliation. Numbers 10:2. Joel 2:2. _A day of darkness, nigrum esse._ The army of locusts obscured the light whil...
_Sanctify a fast._ A PENITENTIAL ASSEMBLY I. It must be an assembly which shall be solemn in the spirit in which it meets. “Call a solemn assembly.” In all probability these words refer to the legal...
JOEL 2:1 Army Invasion: The Arrival of the Day of the Lord. Joel describes the coming of an army, whose arrival may yet be prevented by a wholehearted return to the Lord. Verses Joel 2:1 describe the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] JOEL 2:15. BLOW] Convene the people. JOEL 2:16.] No age and condition exempted, for all deserve punishment; the joy of the bride and bridegroom even must give place to penitential m...
EXPOSITION JOEL 2:1 These verses contain a further description of the calamity occasioned by the locusts and the appearance presented by them; the calling of a congregational meeting for penitence a...
Now he uses this as the springboard and he begins to speak now of a yet future day of devastation that is coming from armies that are to invade the land. And in the second chapter, as he describes thi...
1 Kings 21:12; 1 Kings 21:9; 2 Kings 10:20; Jeremiah 36:9; Joel 1:14;