Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Joel 3:11
cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD:
Or, the Lord shall be brought down
cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD:
Or, the Lord shall be brought down
Once more all the enemies of God are summoned together. “Assemble yourselves,” (Others in the same sense render, “Haste ye,) and come, all ye pagan, round about,” literally “from round about,” i. e.,...
III. THE EVENTS OF THE DAY OF THE LORD: ISRAEL'S ENEMIES JUDGED AND THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The judgment of the nations (Joel 3:1) _ 2. The preceding warfare of the nations and how i...
A CHALLENGE TO THE NATIONS TO APPEAR IN THE VALLEY OF JUDGMENT TO MEET THEIR DOOM. Returning to the idea of Joel 3:2, Joel represents Yahweh as bidding the heralds make proclamation among the nations,...
ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES. Compare Joel 3:2. Hebrew. _ushu_. haste ye, as in Septuagint and Vulgate. Occurs only here. HEATHEN. nations. THITHER. To the valley of Jehoshaphat. THY MIGHTY ONES. Compare Psa...
Part II. Chap. Joel 2:18 to Joel 3:21 Jehovah's answer to His people's prayer of penitence. He will remove from them the plague of locusts, and bestow upon them an abundance of both material and spir...
After the digression on the Phoenicians and Philistines (Joel 3:4), the thought of Joel 3:1 is resumed; and the description of the judgement on the nations, announced in Joel 3:2, is continued. The he...
_Assemble yourselves_ The word is found only here, and its meaning is very uncertain. A.V. follows LXX., Targ., Syr., Ibn Ezra, and Kimchi; but the rendering rests upon no philological basis, and is m...
_RECOMPENSE UPON THE NATIONS -- JOEL 3:6-11:_ These nations kidnapped the young people of Jerusalem from their land and sold them as slaves to the Greeks. God promised that He would now grant freedom...
THITHER CAUSE THY MIGHTY ONES TO COME DOWN— _The Lord shall cast down the strong ones:_ Houbigant. Our translation, however, may be justified. At the ninth verse the proclamation is for the enemies to...
GOD'S VICTORY OVER THE ENEMIES OF HIS PEOPLE FUTURE BLESSINGS (cont-'d) TEXT: Joel 3:1-15 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusale...
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES - `Hasten' (Maurer). THITHER -...
3:11 ye (b-2) Or 'Band together.' ones (c-18) _ Gibbor_ . see Judges 5:13 ; Job 3:3 ....
ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES] RV 'Haste ye.' Jehovah also is to bring His heavenly hosts (Psalms 68:17; Psalms 103:20; Zechariah 14:5). 12. Jehovah now speaks announcing His advent for judgment. According to t...
THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GLORY OF ISRAEL A general judgment of all nations, for their mistreatment of Israel, is announced in the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:1). Tyre, Zidon, and Philisti...
THE DAY OF THE LORD JOEL _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 3 THE *LORD *JUDGES THE NATIONS V1 ‘One day, at that time, I will make *Judah and Jerusalem great again. V2 Then I will bring all the nations together...
THY MIGHTY ONES — _i.e., thy,_ because Jehovah had summoned them to take arms, as champions against Him in the final conflict....
_[Joel 4:11]_ ע֣וּשׁוּ וָ בֹ֧אוּ כָֽל ־הַ...
THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN Joel 3:1 HITHERTO Joel has spoken no syllable of the heathen, except to pray that God by His plagues will not give Israel to be mocked by them. But in the last chapter of...
“THE VALLEY OF DECISION” Joel 2:28-32; Joel 3:1-21 Having stated the outward blessings that would follow repentance, Joel unveils the extraordinary spiritual blessings that were in store. The outpour...
Finally the prophet moved on to a yet higher level, and dealt wholly with things to come. The great word introducing the section is "afterward." Some of the things foretold have now been fulfilled, so...
_Down. Many perished in Egypt, the rest in Judea, ver. 2._ _ Valley, at Jezrahel, the valley of destruction, ver. 14._...
I do not presume to say as much, but I venture to believe, that Joel's prophecy in this Chapter is looking so far on, as to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The valley of Jehoshaphat is aga...
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...
At length he concludes, _There will Jehovah overthrow thy mighty ones. _Though the Prophet uses the singular number, “_thy _”, he no doubt refers to the whole earth; as though he said, “Whatever enemi...
In Joel 3 the Spirit develops, with more detail, the circumstances of the last days-those days, in which God would bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem. This epoch precedes the time of peace...
ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES,.... From divers parts into one place: "be ye gathered"; or "gather yourselves together", as the Targum and Kimchi; get together in a body, muster up all the forces you can collect...
_Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD._ Ver. 11. _Assemble yourselves, and come all ye heathen...
_Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord_ After the prophet has given warning, in the way of irony, to the nations to provide for their defence by all possible means, and to assemble themse...
Assemble yourselves and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about, for the Lord's people are ever regarded as occupying a central position in the earth; THITHER CAUSE THY MIGHTY...
JEHOVAH THE HOPE OF THE PEOPLE...
9-17 Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God's people. There is no escaping God's judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, shall be cut off from all comfort and joy. Most of the proph...
ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES; the war proclaimed, JOEL 3:9, pro vision made, JOEL 3:10, now hasten to the general rendezvous; embody yourselves as you march, and hasten what you can, as the word imports. COME...
Joel 3:11 Assemble H5789 (H8798) come H935 (H8798) nations H1471 together H6908 (H8738) around H5439 ones...
YHWH CALLS THE NATIONS TO JUDGMENT BEFORE HIM AND HIS MIGHTY ONES (JOEL 3:9). The final day of YHWH is set up and the nations are called for judgment. The nations send out the call because they clearl...
CONTENTS: Restoration of Israel, and judgment of all nations in regard to Israel. Full kingdom blessings under Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Joel. CONCLUSION: Though God has suffered the enemies of His pe...
Joel 3:1. _Behold, in those days,_ in the days of the Messiah, as stated from the twenty eighth verse of the preseding chapter. Of course all references in our elder critics, to Cambyses, and to Judas...
_Prepare war, wake up the mighty men._ THE FINAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL I. In this battle evil will gather all its available energies. “Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up...
JOEL 3:1 Judgment: The Lord’s Judgment against the Nations and His Dwelling with His People. The Lord provides reasons for judgment (vv. Joel 3:1), a description of the climactic judgment on the day o...
CRITICAL NOTES. Joel 3:9.] A call to war (Ezekiel 38:7). PREPARE] Lit. sanctify, for heathen war began with religious ceremonies (Jeremiah 6:4; 1 Samue
EXPOSITION JOEL 3:1 These verses describe the deliverance of God's people and the destruction of his enemies because of their injurious, insulting, and ignominious treatment of his people. JOEL 3:1...
Now in those days (Joel 3:1), He goes into chapter 3. and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem (Joel 3:1), That is, in the days--we're getting close now, for...
2 Thessalonians 1:7; Ezekiel 38:9; Isaiah 10:34; Isaiah 13:3;...
Round about — All round about Judah. Thither — Toward Jerusalem; the church and heritage of God. Thy mighty ones — All those mighty warriors whom thou wilt make use of successively to punish the oppre...