Joel 2:12--3:21
return <07725> [turn.]
fasting <06685> [with fasting.]
<07167> [rend.]
Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent.
<0899> [your garments.]
merciful <02587> [for.]
slow <0750> [slow.]
relenting <05162> [and repenteth.]
knows <03045> [Who.]
reprieve <07604> [and leave.]
meal offering <04503> [even.]
Blow <08628> [Blow.]
holy <06942> [sanctify.]
sanctify <06942> [sanctify.]
Gather <06908> [assemble.]
bridegroom <02860> [let.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
vestibule <0197> [between.]
say .............................. said <0559> [and let.]
pity <02347> [Spare.]
turn <05414> [and give.]
nations <01471> [that.]
say ...................... proverb ......... said <04910 0559> [rule over them. or, use a byword against them.]
say .............................. said <0559> [wherefore.]
zealous <07065> [be.]
compassion <02550> [and pity.]
restore <07971> [I will send.]
satisfied <07646> [and ye.]
make <05414> [and I.]
remove ....... far <07368> [remove.]
one from the north <06830> [the northern.]
eastward <06931> [the east.]
Mediterranean <0314> [utmost.]
stench <0889> [his stink.]
accomplished <06213> [because.]
accomplished <06213> [done. Heb. magnified to do.]
fear <03372> [Fear.]
Rejoice <01523> [be glad.]
Lord <03068> [for.]
fear <03372> [afraid.]
pastures <04999> [for the pastures.]
trees <06086> [for the tree.]
yield <05414> [yield.]
Citizens <01121> [ye children.]
glad <08055> [rejoice.]
early rains ............. early <04175> [the former, etc. or, a teacher of righteousness.]
vindication <06666> [moderately. Heb. according to righteousness. he will.]
Lord ................................ formerly <03068 07223> [in.]
arbeh-locust <0697> [that.]
plenty ... eat <0398> [ye shall.]
praise <01984> [and praise.]
acted <06213> [that.]
people <05971> [and my.]
midst ....... Lord <07130 03068> [I am.]
midst <07130> [that I.]
people <05971> [and my.]
pour <08210> [that I.]
kinds <01320> [upon.]
daughters <01323> [your daughters.]
have revelatory <02492> [dream.]
I will produce <05414> [I will.]
columns <08490> [pillars.]
sunlight <08121> [sun.]
great <01419> [the great.]
calls ....................................... call <07121> [that]
Mount <02022> [for.]
Jerusalem ....... survive <03389 08300> [and in.]
days <03117> [in those.]
return <07725> [when.]
gather <06908> [also.]
valley <06010> [the valley.]
judgment <08199> [will plead.]
partitioned <02505> [and parted.]
Tyre <06865> [and what.]
Tyre <06865> [O Tyre.]
<07999> [will ye.]
quickly <07031> [swiftly.]
took <03947> [ye.]
palaces <01964> [into.]
precious valuables <04261> [pleasant. Heb. desirable.]
sold <04376> [have ye.]
Greeks <03125> [Grecians. Heb. sons of the Grecians.]
rousing <05782> [I will.]
repay <07725> [and will.]
sell ............. sell <04376> [I will.]
sons ...... people <01121> [your sons.]
Sabeans <07615> [Sabeans.]
far <07350> [far off.]
Proclaim <07121> [Proclaim.]
Prepare <06942> [Prepare. Heb sanctify.]
Call <05782> [wake.]
plowshares <0855> [your plowshares.]
pruning hooks <04211> [pruninghooks. or, scythes. let.]
Lend ... aid <05789> [Assemble.]
warriors <01368> [cause, etc. or, the Lord shall bring down thy mighty ones. mighty.]
valley <06010> [valley.]
sit <03427> [for]
sickle <04038> [the sickle.]
harvest <07105> [the harvest.]
winepress <01660> [for the press.]
evil <07451> [for their.]
Crowds ... crowds <01995> [multitudes.]
decision .............. decision <02742> [decision. or, concision.]
[or, threshing. for.]
roars <07580> [roar.]
heavens <08064> [and the heavens.]
refuge <04268> [hope. Heb. place of repair, or, harbour.]
stronghold <04581> [and the strength.]
convinced <03045> [shall ye.]
holy ...... holy <06944> [my.]
Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem.]
holy ...... holy <06944> [holy. Heb. holiness. there.]
mountains <02022> [the mountains.]
stream beds <0650> [and all.]
<03212> [flow. Heb. go. and a.]
Valley <05158> [the valley.]
Egypt <04714> [Egypt.]
Edom <0123> [Edom.]
violence <02555> [for.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
reside <03427> [dwell. or, abide.]
avenge ......... acquitted <05352> [will.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord. or, even I the Lord that.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF JOEL. It is generally supposed, that the prophet Joel blends two subjects of affliction in one general consideration, or beautiful allegory; and that, under the devastation to be produced by locusts in the vegetable world, he portrays the more distant calamities to be inflicted by the armies of the Chaldeans in their invasion of Judea. These predictions are followed by a more general denunciation of God's vengeance, delivered in such language as to be in some measure descriptive of the final judgment of mankind. The prophet intermingles these declarations with earnest exhortations to repentance, and with promises of returning prosperity productive of Gospel blessings; foretelling, in the clearest terms, the general effusion of the Holy Spirit under the Christian dispensation, and the awful consequences of obstinately rejecting the sacred influence, especially to the Jews. The state of this nation at the present day, fully attests the Divine inspiration of the prophecy.
