Joel 2:25-32

25 I will restore to you the years that ¹the swarming locust has eaten, ²the hopper, ³the destroyer, and ⁴the cutter, ⁵my great army, which I sent among you.

26 ⁶"You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people ⁷shall never again be put to shame.

27 ⁸You shall know that I am ⁹in the midst of Israel, and that ¹⁰I am the LORD your God ¹¹and there is none else. And my people ¹²shall never again be put to shame.

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

28 ^[a]13"And it shall come to pass afterward, that ¹⁴I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; ¹⁵your sons and ¹⁶your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

29 ¹⁷Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

30 "And I will show ¹⁸wonders in the heavens and ¹⁹on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

31 ²⁰The sun shall be turned to darkness, ²¹and the moon to blood, ²²before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

32 And it shall come to pass that ²³everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. ²⁴For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among ²⁵the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls.

Joel 2:25-32 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.

Cross References

• 1. Joel 1:4
• 2. Joel 1:4
• 3. Joel 1:4
• 4. Joel 1:4
• 5. ver. 11
• 6. Leviticus 25:19
• 7. [Isaiah 49:23]
• 8. Joel 3:17
• 9. Hosea 11:9; See Ezekiel 37:26
• 10. See Exodus 20:2
• 11. [Isaiah 44:8]
• 12. [See ver. 26 above]
• 13. ver. 28-32, citedActs 2:17-21
• 14. Isaiah 32:15; Ezekiel 39:29; Zechariah 12:10; John 7:39
• 15. [Acts 2:39]
• 16. [Acts 21:9]
• 17. [1 Corinthians 12:13]
• 18. [Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:11]
• 19. [Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:11]
• 20. See ver. 10
• 21. Revelation 6:12
• 22. Malachi 4:5
• 23. Cited Romans 10:13
• 24. Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 59:20; Obadiah 17
• 25. Jeremiah 31:7; Micah 4:7; Zechariah 8:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Ch 3:1 in Hebrew