Joel 2:8
defenses <07973> [sword. or, dart.]
Joel 3:21
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.
Joel 2:2-3
day .... darkness ... day <03117 02822> [A day of darkness.]
"The quantity of these insects," says a French author,"is incredible to all who have not themselves witnessed their astonishing numbers; the whole earth is covered with them for the space of several leagues. The noise they make in browsing on the trees and herbage may be heard at a great distance, and resembles that of an army in secret. Wherever their myriads spread, the verdure of the country disappears; trees and plants, stripped of their leaves and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured by them."
blackness <07837> [as.]
huge <07227> [a great.]
been <01961> [there.]
generations ... come <01755> [many generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
fire <0784> [fire.]
land <0776> [the land.]
behind .............. behind <0310> [and behind.]
Joel 3:17
convinced <03045> [shall ye.]
holy ...... holy <06944> [my.]
Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem.]
holy ...... holy <06944> [holy. Heb. holiness. there.]
