Joel 2:28-32

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28 “E, depois disso,derramarei do meu Espírito sobre todos os povos.Os seus filhos e as suas filhas profetizarão,os velhos terão sonhos,os jovens terão visões.

29 Até sobre os servos e as servasderramarei do meu Espírito naqueles dias.

30 Mostrarei maravilhas no céu e na terra:sangue, fogo e nuvens de fumaça.

31 O sol se tornará em trevas,e a lua em sangue,antes que venha o grande e temível dia do SENHOR.

32 E todo aquele que invocaro nome do SENHOR será salvo, pois, conforme prometeu o SENHOR,no monte Sião e em Jerusalémhaverá livramentopara os sobreviventes,para aqueles a quem o SENHOR chamar.

Joel 2:28-32 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.