Joel 2:27

The restoration of the people's prosperity will further give them the assurance that Jehovah is in their midst, and will continue their defender and deliverer for ever.

in the midst of Israel as its present helper and saviour: comp. Exodus 17:7; Numbers 11:20; Numbers 14:14; Deuteronomy 7:21; Deuteronomy 31:17; Joshua 3:10; Hosea 11:9; Isaiah 12:6 al.

and that Iam Jehovah your God Cf. Joel 3:17, "And ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God." The phrase is a stereotyped one, which occurs (with or without your God) often in certain parts of the O.T., usually to denote the conviction produced by some great act of judgment or deliverance upon those who witness it. In Ezekiel (who uses it with ye, they, or thou, as the case may be more than 50 times) it is a standing refrain, coming often at the end of a paragraph, or a prophecy, as Ezekiel 6:7; Ezekiel 6:10; Ezekiel 6:13-14; Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 20:42; Ezekiel 25:5; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 25:11; Ezekiel 25:17; Ezekiel 36:38; Ezekiel 37:13; Ezekiel 37:28; Ezekiel 39:6-7; Ezekiel 39:22; Ezekiel 39:28: it occurs also several times in the priestly sections of the Pent. (Exodus 6:7; Exodus 7:5; Exodus 14:4; Exodus 14:18; Exodus 16:12; Exodus 29:46), and occasionally besides (Exodus 10:2 [cf. Exodus 8:18 b; 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:28; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 60:16). Comp. the writer's Introduction, p. 276 f.

and(that) there is none else For who but Jehovah can cause the heavens to give forth rain (Jeremiah 14:22), or the earth to bear fruit abundantly? Comp. Isaiah 45:5-6; Isaiah 45:18; also Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 4:39; 1 Kings 8:60.

28 32 (ch. 3 in the Hebrew). The hearts of His people having been directed towards Him (Joel 2:26) by the material benefits conferred in Joel 2:23, Jehovah promises next to superadd spiritual gifts; He pours forth His spirit upon them, with the result that all are endowed with clearer perceptions of Divine truth (Joel 2:28): His own people being thus provided for, the signs of an approaching judgement upon the nations will then manifest themselves (Joel 2:30 f.); amid which, however, those who, in virtue of the regenerating influence of the spirit (Joel 2:28), are become the true children of God, will be delivered (Joel 2:32).