Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Joel 2:16
Closet] The same, of course, as the chamber of the bridegroom. The Heb. word means 'canopy' or 'pavilion,' and its usage comes from the primitive nuptial tent provided for the wedded pair.
Closet] The same, of course, as the chamber of the bridegroom. The Heb. word means 'canopy' or 'pavilion,' and its usage comes from the primitive nuptial tent provided for the wedded pair.
Verse 16. _GATHER THE CHILDREN_] Let all share in the humiliation, for all must feel the judgment, should it come. Let no _state_ nor _condition_ among the people be exempted. The _elders_, the _young...
SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION - o: “Do what in you lies, by monishing, exhorting, threatening, giving the example of a holy life, that the whole people present itself holy before its God” , “lest your pra...
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...
GATHER. Gather in. SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION. hallow. convocation. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:22). App-92. GATHER. gather out. CLOSET. bridal canopy. See notes on Psalms 19:5 a
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...
An expansion of the injunctions contained in the rest of Joel 1:14 _a_. _sanctify_ AN ASSEMBLY] i.e. hold a sacred religious meeting. _gather the elders_ THE OLD MEN (R.V. _marg_.). All are to take p...
_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...
SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION— We read in Exodus 19:10 of God's commanding the people to sanctify themselves. This sanctification consisted in their solemn preparation to come before God, by washing thems...
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...
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet....
2:16 children, (g-12) Or 'infants.'...
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...
אִסְפוּ ־עָ֞ם קַדְּשׁ֤וּ קָהָל֙ קִבְצ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֔ים...
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...
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the (l) children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet...
_Sanctify. Let all make themselves ready to appear. --- Ones. Their cries would make an impression on men, and prevail on God to shew mercy, Judith iv. 9._...
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...
_Proclaim, _he says, _a meeting _ עצרה _otsare _is not properly an assembly, but the deed itself: (6) hence also the word is transferred to festivals. _Proclaim, _then, _a meeting, call the people, sa...
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...
GATHER THE PEOPLE,.... The common people, all the inhabitants of the land, Joel 1:14; summon them to meet together in the temple, in order to humble themselves before God for their sins, and implore h...
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. V...
_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:_...
THE PROPHET URGES REPENTANCE...
gather the people, for a great meeting of worship and supplication; SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION, so that no one would be Levitically unclean; ASSEMBLE THE ELDERS, the aged people of the congregation; GA...
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...
GATHER THE PEOPLE, assemble the elders: see JOEL 1:14. GATHER THE CHILDREN; though they understand little what is done, yet their cries under the affliction of a fast ascend, God hears, and with pity...
Joel 2:16 Gather H622 (H8798) people H5971 Sanctify H6942 (H8761) congregation H6951 Assemble H6908 (H8798) elders...
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...
JOEL—NOTE ON JOEL 2:16 CONSECRATE THE CONGREGATION. As in Joel 1:14, all members of the community assemble for worship, preparing to call upon the Lord with a fast. Even...
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 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Samuel 16:5; 2 Chronicles 20:13; 2 Chronicles 29:23;...
The children — Though they understand little what is done, yet their cities ascend, and God with pity looks on their tears. These that suck — Their cries and tears may perhaps move the congregation to...