Joel 2:26-32

26 "You will have plenty to ¹eat and be satisfied And ²praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has ³dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will ⁴never * be put to shame.

27 "Thus you will ⁵know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God, And there is ⁶no other; And My people will never * be ⁷put to shame.

The Promise of the Spirit

28 "⁸It will come about after this That I will ⁹pour out My Spirit on all ¹⁰mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.

29 "Even on the ¹¹male and female servants * I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

The Day of the LORD

30 "I will ¹²display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.

31 "The ¹³sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the ¹⁴great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

32 "And it will come about that ¹⁵whoever * calls on the name of the LORD Will be delivered; For ¹⁶on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who ¹⁷escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the ¹⁸survivors whom the LORD calls.

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Joel 2:26-32 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 18

1. Leviticus 26:5; Deuteronomy 11:15; Isaiah 62:9
2. Deuteronomy 12:7; Psalms 67:5-7
3. Psalms 126:2, 3; Isaiah 25:1
4. Isaiah 45:17
5. Leviticus 26:11, 12; Joel 3:17, 21
6. Isaiah 45:5, 6
7. Isaiah 49:23
8. Acts 2:17-21
9. Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Zechariah 12:10
10. Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 49:26
11. 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28
12. Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24, 25; Luke 21:11, 25, 26; Acts 2:19
13. 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
14. Isaiah 13:9; Zephaniah 1:14-16; Malachi 4:1, 5
15. Jeremiah 33:3; Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13
16. Isaiah 46:13; Romans 11:26
17. Isaiah 4:2; Obadiah 17
18. Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 31:7; Micah 4:7; Romans 9:27

Footnotes 2

[a]. Ch 3:1 in Heb
[b]. Lit "flesh"