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Ask a QuestionWith such judgments impending over the Jews, Jehovah Himself urges them to repentance. also now--Even now, what none could have hoped or believed possible, God still invites you to the hope of...
In an ascending gradation, the land destroyed by the enemy, the beasts of the field, and the children of Zion, the land's inhabitants, are addressed, the former two by personification. Lord will do...
never be ashamed--shall no longer endure the "reproach of the heathen (Joe 2:17), [Maurer]; or rather, "shall not bear the shame of disappointed hopes," as the husbandmen had heretofore (Joe 1:11)....
cleanse...blood...not cleansed--I will purge away from Judah the extreme guilt (represented by "blood," the shedding of which was the climax of her sin, Isa 1:15) which was for long not purged...
Gird yourselves--namely, with sackcloth; as in Isa 32:11, the ellipsis is supplied (compare Jer 4:8). lament, ye priests--as it is your duty to set the example to others; also as the guilt was...
day of the Lord--(Joe 2:1, 11); that is, the day of His anger (Isa13:9; Ob 15; Zep 1:7, 15). It will be a foretaste of the coming day of the Lord as Judge of all men, whence it receives the same...
much pained--namely, with terror. The Arab proverb is, "More terrible than the locusts." faces shall gather blackness--(Isa 13:8; Jer 30:6; Na 2:10). Maurer translates, "withdraw their brightness,"...
Neither shall one thrust another--that is, press upon so as to thrust his next neighbor out of his place, as usually occurs in a large multitude. when they fall upon the sword--that is, among...
And also--"And even." The very slaves by becoming the Lord's servants are His freemen (1Co 7:22; Ga 3:28; Col 3:11; Phm 16). Therefore, in Ac 2:18 it is quoted, "My servants" and "My handmaidens";...
land...not cleansed--not cleared or cultivated; all a scene of desolation; a fit emblem of the moral wilderness state of the people. nor rained upon--a mark of divine "indignation"; as the early...
is rotten--"is dried up," "vanishes away," from an Arabic root [Maurer]. "Seed," literally, "grains." The drought causes the seeds to lose all their vitality and moisture. garners--granaries;...
before...behind--that is, on every side (1Ch 19:10). fire...flame--destruction...desolation (Isa 10:17). as...Eden...wilderness--conversely (Isa 51:3; Eze 36:35).
earth...quake before them--that is, the inhabitants of the earth quake with fear of them. heavens...tremble--that is, the powers of heaven (Mt 24:29); its illumining powers are disturbed by the...
Then--when God sees His people penitent. be jealous for his land--as a husband jealous of any dishonor done to the wife whom he loves, as if done to himself. The Hebrew comes from an Arabic root,...
my silver...my gold--that is, the gold and silver of My people. The Philistines and Arabians had carried off all the treasures of King Jehoram's house (2Ch 21:16, 17). Compare also 1Ki 15:18; 2Ki...
See Joe 3:2. judge all the heathen round about--that is, all the nations from all parts of the earth which have maltreated Israel; not merely, as Henderson supposes, the nations round about...
Be...ashamed--that is, Ye shall have the shame of disappointment on account of the failure of "the wheat" and "barley...harvest." howl...vine dressers--The semicolon should follow, as it is the...
Compare Joe 1:9, and latter part of Joe 1:12. joy--which prevailed at the annual feasts, as also in the ordinary sacrificial offerings, of which the offerers ate before the Lord with gladness and...
run to and fro in the city--greedily seeking what they can devour. the wall--surrounding each house in Eastern buildings. enter in at the windows--though barred. like a thief--(Joh 10:1; compare...
leave...a meat offering and a drink offering--that is, give plentiful harvests, out of the first-fruits of which we may offer the meat and drink offering, now "cut off" through the famine (Joe 1:9,...
my saying--my thought, or feeling. fled before--I anticipated by fleeing, the disappointment of my design through Thy long-suffering mercy. gracious...and merciful, &c.--Jonah here has before his...
beasts...cry...unto thee--that is, look up to heaven with heads lifted up, as if their only expectation was from God (Job 38:41; Ps104:21; 145:15; 147:9; compare Ps 42:1). They tacitly reprove the...
Lord...his army--So among Mohammedans, "Lord of the locusts" is a title of God. his voice--His word of command to the locusts, and to the antitypical human foes of Judea, as "His army." strong that...
corn...wine...oil--rather, as Hebrew, "the corn...the wine ...the oil," namely, which the locusts have destroyed [Henderson]. Maurer not so well explains, "the corn, &c., necessary for your...
locust...cankerworm...caterpiller...palmer worm--the reverse order from Joe 1:4, where (see on Joe 1:4) God will restore not only what has been lost by the full-grown consuming locust, but also...
bring again the captivity--that is, reverse it. The Jews restrict this to the return from Babylon. Christians refer it to the coming of Christ. But the prophet comprises the whole redemption,...
In the names of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph owned the Divine providence. 1. He was made to forget his misery. 2. He was made fruitful in the land of his affliction. The seven...
Sanctify...a fast--Appoint a solemn fast. solemn assembly--literally, a "day of restraint" or cessation from work, so that all might give themselves to supplication (Joe 2:15, 16;1Sa 7:5, 6; 2Ch...
The prophet in vision seeing the immense array of nations congregating, exclaims, "Multitudes, multitudes!" a Hebraism for immense multitudes. valley of decision--that is, the valley in which they...