CHAPTER II _The prophet sounds the alarm of a dreadful calamity, the_ _description of which is most terribly worked up_, 1-11. _Exhortation to repentance, fasting, and prayer, that the Divine_ _ju...
BLOW YE THE TRUMPET - The trumpet was accustomed to sound in Zion, only for religious uses; to call together the congregations for holy meetings, to usher in the beginnings of their months and their s...
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...
LET THE ALARM BE SOUNDED, FOR THE LOCUSTS ARE PRECURSORS OF THE DAY OF YAHWEH. Speaking in Yahweh's name the prophet bids the priests sound the alarm from Mt. Zion, that all the community may realise...
ZION. See App-68. SOUND AN ALARM. Ref to Pentateuch (Numbers 10:5; Numbers 10:9). App-92, My. Note the Pronoun, and see notes on Joel 1:6; Joel 1:7....
_Blow ye the_ HORN _in Zion_ see, in justification of this rendering of _shôphâr_, on Amos 2:2. The _horn_is to be sounded, in order to give notice of impending danger, and arouse the people to meet i...
Part I. Chap. Joel 1:2 to Joel 2:17 Description of the present calamity (ch. 1.). The terrible "Day of Jehovah," of which it is the harbinger (Joel 2:1-11), but which may yet be averted by the nation...
_THE DAY OF THE LORD IS GREAT -- JOEL 2:1-11:_ The trumpet was blown to warn the nation of danger and invasion. The warning was sounded in order that the people could tremble and make matters right wi...
BLOW YE THE TRUMPET, &C.— The prophet in the preceding chapter describes the locusts as the army of God; and now, in pursuance of the same metaphor, exhorts the people to prepare to meet them, in the...
THE EXECUTORGOD USING NATURAL AGENTS TEXT: Joel 2:1-11 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants _of_ the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah c...
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A more terrific judgment th...
2:1 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....
II. (1) BLOW YE THE TRUMPET. — The preaching of the prophet increases in its intensity. Behind the locusts, exemplified by them, there is a still more terrible visitation. He sees on the horizon a mus...
תִּקְע֨וּ שֹׁופָ֜ר בְּ צִיֹּ֗ון וְ הָרִ֨יעוּ֙...
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...
A SUMMONS TO PENITENCE Joel 1:1-20; Joel 2:1-11 We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's mouthpiece and remain unknown. His message was one of unparalleled woe. The memory...
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...
Blow ye (a) the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand; (a) He shows the great...
Blow. The prophets often ordered, to signify what will take place. (Worthington) --- The people were gathered by the sound of trumpets. The danger from the locusts was imminent; and all are exhorted t...
CONTENTS The same subject is continued in this Chapter as in the former, the dreadful day of the Lord's judgments is solemnly described. But the close of the Chapter comes in with the sweetest promis...
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...
This chapter contains serious exhortations, mixed with threatening; but the Prophet threatens for the purpose of correcting the indifference of the people, whom we have seen to have been very tardy to...
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 YE THE TRUMPET IN ZION, AND SOUND AN ALARM IN MY HOLY MOUNTAIN,.... This is spoken to the priests, whose business it was to blow the trumpets for calling solemn assemblies to meet in Zion, the te...
_Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand;_ Ver. 1. _Blow ye the trum...
_Blow ye the trumpet in Zion_ The prophet, having in the preceding chapter described the locusts and caterpillars as a mighty army sent by God, in pursuance of this metaphor now exhorts the people to...
THE PROPHET URGES REPENTANCE...
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, this signal of the priests announcing the coming calamity, AND SOUND AN ALARM IN MY HOLY MOUNTAIN, from the Temple mountain, as the center of Jehovah's worship and the pla...
TRUMPET: Or, cornet...
1-14 The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of the Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal consequences of sin, and to reveal the wrath from heaven aga...
JOEL CHAPTER 2 The prophet describeth the locusts as a mighty ar led by God to destroy the land, JOEL 2:1. He exhorteth to repentance, JOEL 2:12; prescribeth a general fast and humiliation, JOEL 2:15;...
Joel 2:1 Blow H8628 (H8798) trumpet H7782 Zion H6726 alarm H7321 (H8685) holy H6944 mountain H2022 inhabitants...
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...
_Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain._ A MINISTRY MORALLY AWAKENING In the first eleven verses of this chapter we have a continuation of the address of the prophet to...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter still urges repentance, directs for a meeting of the people, and assures that God will have compassion. JOEL 2:1. BLOW] Priests must sound an alarm, as if foreign invasi...
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 Chronicles 15:28; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Amos 3:6; Amos 8:
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF JOEL Joel 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Book of Joel anticipates the day of Jehovah. The 1st chapter has a definite historical setting, but it also looks forward in anticipatio...
Blow ye — The prophet continues his exhortation to the priests, who were appointed to summon the solemn assemblies....