Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Joel 2:17
That the heathen should rule over them. — All mention of the locusts is dropped. The lesser calamity is swallowed up in the apprehension of the greater.
That the heathen should rule over them. — All mention of the locusts is dropped. The lesser calamity is swallowed up in the apprehension of the greater.
Verse 17. _LET THE PRIESTS - WEEP BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR_] The altar of burnt-offerings stood before the porch of the temple, 2 Chronicles 8:12, and between them there was an open space of _...
LET THE PRIESTS, THE MINISTERS OF THE LORD, WEEP BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR - The porch in this, Solomon’s temple, was in fact a tower, in front of the holy of holies, of the same breadth with th...
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...
THE PRIESTS, the ministers of the LORD. See note on Joel 1:9. BETWEEN, &c. Compare Ezekiel 8:16. SPARE THY PEOPLE, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:11;...
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...
_weep_ in grief and contrition: cf. Judges 2:4; and on Joel 2:12. _between the porch and the altar_ between the porch on the E. end of the Temple (1 Kings 6:3), and the great altar of burnt-offering i...
_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...
BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR— This porch seems to be the same with that mentioned 1 Kings 6:3 which was twenty cubits long, and overlaid within with pure gold, 2 Chronicles 3:4. This porch separate...
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...
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule ove...
2:17 nations. (h-39) Or 'that the nations should rule over them.'...
THE PORCH of the Temple, in front of which stood the ALTAR in the court of the priests. THAT THE HEATHEN, etc.] RM 'that the nations should use a byword against them,' i.e. that they should become a b...
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....
בֵּ֤ין הָ אוּלָם֙ וְ לַ † מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ...
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...
_Altar of holocausts. They turned towards the holy place, lying prostrate, 1 Esdras x. 1., and 2 Machabees x. 26. (Calmet) --- Hither the victim of expiation was brought, and the high priest confessed...
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...
Then it follows, _Between the court and the altar let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep. _It was the priests’ office, we know, to pray in the name of the whole people; and now the Prophet fo...
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...
LET THE PRIESTS, THE MINISTERS OF THE LORD, WEEP BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR,.... Not the altar of incense which stood in the holy place; but the altar of burnt offering, where the priests used to...
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over...
_Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar_ The priests, being in a peculiar sense the Lord's servants, are here required to take the lead in this sacred work of...
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, who occupied the position of mediators between God and His people, WEEP BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR AND LET THEM SAY, in a solemn litany chanted at the...
THE PROPHET URGES REPENTANCE...
RULE OVER THEM: Or, use a byword against them...
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...
LET THE PRIESTS, THE MINISTERS OF THE LORD, WEEP, see JOEL 1:13. BETWEEN THE PORCH; that stately porch built by Solomon, 1KI 6 3 EZE 40:48,49. AND THE ALTAR; not of incense, for that was in the holy p...
Joel 2:17 priests H3548 minister H8334 (H8764) LORD H3068 Weep H1058 (H8799) porch H197 altar H4196 say...
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 2:17 The place of prayer was between the entrance to the temple and the ALTAR. YOUR PEOPLE is an appeal to God’s covenantal care for his people. A BYWORD means a common saying,
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 6:3; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; 2 Chronicles 8:12; Amos 7:
The porch — That stately porch built by Solomon, 1 Kings 6:3. The altar — The altar of burnt — offering, which stood at some distance from this porch, and here are the priests commanded to stand, fast...