Yuēĕrshū 2:10-21

10 Tāmen yī lái dìzhèn tiān dòng , rì yuè hūn àn , xīng xiǔ wú guāng .

11 Yēhéhuá zaì tā jūn lǚ qián fā shēng . tāde duì wǔ shén dà . chéngjiù tā méng de , shì qiángshèng zhĕ . yīnwei Yēhéhuá de rìzi dà ér kĕ wèi . shuí néng dāng dé qǐ ne .

12 Yēhéhuá shuō , suīrán rúcǐ . nǐmen yīngdāng jìnshí , kūqì , bēiāi , yī xīn guī xiàng wǒ .

13 Nǐmen yào sī liè xīncháng , bú sī liè yīfu . guī xiàng Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén . yīnwei tā yǒu ēndiǎn . yǒu liánmǐn , bú qīngyì fānù , yǒu fēngshèng de cíaì , bìngqiĕ hòuhuǐ bù jiàng suǒ shuō de zāi .

14 Huòzhĕ tā zhuǎn yì hòuhuǐ , liú xià yú fú , jiù shì liú xià xiàn gĕi Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén de sù jì , hé diàn jì , yĕ wèi kĕ zhī .

15 Nǐmen yào zaì Xī \'ān chuī jiǎo, fēn déng jìnshí de rìzi , xuāngào yán sù huì .

16 Jùjí zhòng mín , shǐ huì zhòng zì jié , zhāo jù lǎo zhĕ , jùjí háitóng , hé chī nǎi de . shǐ xīnláng chū lí dòng fáng , xīn fù chū lí neì shì .

17 Shìfèng Yēhéhuá de jìsī , yào zaì lángzi hé jìtán zhōngjiān kūqì , shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ gù xī nǐde bǎixìng , búyào shǐ nǐde chǎnyè shòu xiūrǔ , liè bāng guǎnxiá tāmen . wèihé róng liè guó de rén shuō , tāmende shén zaì nàli ne .

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 .

Yuēĕrshū 2:10-21 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.