Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Joel 2:27
I am in the midst of Israel. — This Divine assurance, similar to that with which the book ends, prepares the way for the spiritual blessings about to be announced.
I am in the midst of Israel. — This Divine assurance, similar to that with which the book ends, prepares the way for the spiritual blessings about to be announced.
AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL - God had foretold their rebellion His forsaking them, “the troubles” which should “find” them, and that they should say, “Are not these evils come u...
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...
ye shall know, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:11.Deuteronomy 23:14; Deuteronomy 23:14). App-92. Compare Ezekiel
The prophet here speaks himself; and developing in jubilant tones the promise of Joel 2:19, first of all (Joel 2:21) bids in turn the land, the beasts of the field, and the children of Zion, exult on...
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...
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...
_THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE -- JOEL 2:18-27:_ The People of Judah would spend seventy years in Babylonian captivity. Even while they were there the Lord was deeply concerned about the land and He...
III. THE PURPOSE OF REPENTANCE IMMEDIATE BLESSINGS TEXT: Joel 2:18-27 18 Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. 19 And Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behol...
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL - as in...
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....
וִ ידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י בְ קֶ֤רֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אָ֔
PROSPERITY AND THE SPIRIT Joel 2:18 "THEN did Jehovah become jealous for His land, and took pity upon His people"-with these words Joel opens the second half of his book. Our Authorized Version rende...
1. THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY Joel 2:19 "And Jehovah answered and said to His people: Lo, I will send you corn and wine and oil, And your fill shall ye have of them; And I will not again make you a rep...
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...
Here comes in what all along seems to have been intimated, how gracious the Lord would deal with his people. This is ever the case. When the Lord is coming forth to bless, he puts his people to pray....
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...
He repeats the same sentence; and in the beginning of the verse he unfolds what I have already said — that the miracle would be such as to constrain the people to praise God. _Ye shall know that I am...
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...
AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I [AM] IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL,.... The presence of God among his people shall be so manifest, the tokens of it so clear, that it shall be easily known, by the impressions of his...
And ye shall know that I [am] in the midst of Israel, and [that] I [am] the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. Ver. 27. _And ye shall know that I am in the midst of I...
_And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten _ I will compensate you, or make you amends, for what the locusts have eaten in the foregoing years, by an extraordinary plenty of the f...
God's Promise of Temporal and Spiritual Blessings...
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, as His chosen people, AND THAT I AM THE LORD, YOUR GOD, the God of the covenant, AND NONE ELSE; AND MY PEOPLE, the true spiritual Israel, SHALL NEVE...
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...
AND YE, who repent, pray, are blessed with such answer to your prayers, SHALL KNOW; by experience shall see, and acknowledge. THAT I AM IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL; my true Israel, obedient Israel; I am wi...
Joel 2:27 know H3045 (H8804) midst H7130 Israel H3478 LORD H3068 God H430 people H5971 never H5769 shame...
HAVING ACCEPTED HIS PEOPLE'S REPENTANCE YHWH PROMISES TO DELIVER THEM FROM THE PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS BY CASTING THE LOCUSTS INTO THE SEAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAND AND THAT HE WILL THEN RESTORE THE FRUIT...
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...
_My people shall never be ashamed._ RELIGION, A SOURCE OF CONSTANT CONFIDENCE Joel was the bearer of very heavy tidings. Their sins had exceeded the bounds of Divine patience. I. The character under...
JOEL—NOTE ON JOEL 2:27 YOU SHALL KNOW. The great purpose of the nation’s trauma is that they will know God’s presence, know that he is the covenant-keeping God, and know that he will remove their sham...
CRITICAL NOTES.] JOEL 2:21. FEAR NOT] as in ch. 1, on account of judgments, but rejoice in the destruction of the hosts. JOEL 2:22.] Verdant pastures and trees laden with fruit shall be given. Beast...
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 Peter 2:6; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Deuteronomy 23:14; Ezekiel 37:26;...