Yuēĕrshū 2:18-27

18 Yēhéhuá jiù wèi zìjǐ de dì fā rèxīn , liánxù tāde bǎixìng .

19 Yēhéhuá yīngyún tāde bǎixìng , shuō , wǒ bì cìgĕi nǐmen wǔgǔ , xīn jiǔ , hé yóu , shǐ nǐmen bǎozú . wǒ yĕ bú zaì shǐ nǐmen shòu liè guó de xiūrǔ .

20 Què yào shǐ bĕi fāng lái de jūnduì yuǎn lí nǐmen , jiāng tāmen gǎn dào gān hàn huāng feì zhī dì , qián duì gǎn rù dōng hǎi , hòu duì gǎn rù xī hǎi . yīnwei tāmen suǒ xíng de dà è ( yuánwén shì shì ) , chòu qì shang shēng , xīng wèi téng kōng .

21 Dì tǔ a , búyào jùpà , yào huānxǐ kuaìlè . yīnwei Yēhéhuá xíng le dà shì .

22 Tiānyĕ de zǒushòu a , búyào jùpà . yīnwei kuàngyĕ de cǎo fāshēng , shùmù jié guǒ , wúhuāguǒ shù . pútàoshù yĕ dōu xiàolì .

23 Xī \'ān de mín nǎ , nǐmen yào kuaìlè , wèi Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén huānxǐ . yīn tā cìgĕi nǐmen hé yí de qiū yǔ , wèi nǐmen jiàng xià gān lín , jiù shì qiū yǔ , chūn yǔ , hé xiānqián yíyàng .

24 Hécháng bì mǎn le maìzi , jiǔ zhà yǔ yóu zhà bì yǒu xīn jiǔ hé yóu yíng yì .

25 Wǒ dǎfa dào nǐmen zhōngjiān de dà jūnduì , jiù shì huángchóng , nǎn zǐ , mǎ zhà , jiǎn chóng , nàxiē nián suǒ chī de , wǒ yào bǔ hǎi nǐmen .

26 Nǐmen bì duō chī , ér dé bǎozú , jiù zànmĕi wèi nǐmen xíng qímiào shì zhī Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén de míng . wǒde bǎixìng , bì yǒngyuǎn bù zhì xiūkuì .

27 Nǐmen bì zhīdào wǒ shì zaì Yǐsèliè zhōngjiān , yòu zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén , zaì wǒ yǐwaì bìng wú bié shén . wǒde bǎixìng bì yǒngyuǎn bù zhì xiūkuì .

Yuēĕrshū 2:18-27 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.