Joel 2:21-31

21 ¹Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, For the LORD has done ²great things.

22 Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the ³pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.

23 So rejoice, O ⁴sons of Zion, And ⁵be glad in the LORD your God; For He has ⁶given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The early and ⁷latter rain as before.

24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will ⁸overflow with the new wine and oil.

25 "Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming ⁹locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you.

26 "You will have plenty to ¹⁰eat and be satisfied And ¹¹praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has ¹²dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will ¹³never * be put to shame.

27 "Thus you will ¹⁴know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God, And there is ¹⁵no other; And My people will never * be ¹⁶put to shame.

The Promise of the Spirit

28 "¹⁷It will come about after this That I will ¹⁸pour out My Spirit on all ¹⁹mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.

29 "Even on the ²⁰male and female servants * I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

The Day of the LORD

30 "I will ²¹display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.

31 "The ²²sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the ²³great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

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Joel 2:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOEL 2

In this chapter a further account is given of the judgment of the locusts and caterpillars, or of those who are designed by them, Joe 2:1-11; the people of the Jews are called to repentance, humiliation, and fasting, urged from the grace and goodness of God, his jealousy and pity for his people, and the answer of prayer that might he expected from him upon this, even to the removal of the calamity, Joe 2:12-20; a prophecy of good things, both temporal and spiritual, in the times of the Messiah, is delivered out as matter and occasion of great joy, Joe 2:21-27; and another concerning the effusion of the Spirit, which was fulfilled an the day of Pentecost, Joe 2:28-29; and the chapter is concluded with the judgments and desolations that should come upon the land of Judea after this, for their rejection of Christ, though the remnant according to the election of grace should be delivered and saved from the general destruction, Joe 2:30-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 23

1. Isaiah 54:4; Jeremiah 30:10; Zephaniah 3:16, 17
2. Psalms 126:3; Joel 2:26
3. Psalms 65:12, 13
4. Psalms 149:2
5. Isaiah 12:2-6
6. Deuteronomy 11:14; Isaiah 41:16; Jeremiah 5:24; Habakkuk 3:18; Zechariah 10:7
7. Leviticus 26:4; Hosea 6:3; Zechariah 10:1
8. Leviticus 26:10; Amos 9:13; Malachi 3:10
9. Joel 1:4-7; Joel 2:2-11
10. Leviticus 26:5; Deuteronomy 11:15; Isaiah 62:9
11. Deuteronomy 12:7; Psalms 67:5-7
12. Psalms 126:2, 3; Isaiah 25:1
13. Isaiah 45:17
14. Leviticus 26:11, 12; Joel 3:17, 21
15. Isaiah 45:5, 6
16. Isaiah 49:23
17. Acts 2:17-21
18. Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Zechariah 12:10
19. Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 49:26
20. 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28
21. Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24, 25; Luke 21:11, 25, 26; Acts 2:19
22. Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4; Joel 2:10; Joel 3:15; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Acts 2:20; Revelation 6:12, 13
23. Isaiah 13:9; Zephaniah 1:14-16; Malachi 4:1, 5

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "their wealth"
[b]. I.e. autumn; or possibly "the teacher for righteousness"
[c]. I.e. autumn
[d]. I.e. spring
[e]. So with ancient versions; Heb "in the first"
[f]. Ch 3:1 in Heb
[g]. Lit "flesh"