Joel 3:16-17

16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Blessings for God’s People

17 “Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.

Joel 3:16-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOEL 3

This chapter, which some make the fourth, contains a prophecy of God's judgments on all the antichristian nations at the time of the Jews' conversion, and the reasons of them, Joe 3:1-3; a threatening of Tyre and Zidon, by way of retaliation, for carrying the riches of the Jews into their temples, and selling their persons to the Greeks, Joe 3:4-8; an alarm to prepare for the battle of Armageddon, or the destruction that shall be made in the valley of Jehoshaphat, Joe 3:9-15; and after that an account of the happy state of the church of Christ, their safety and security, plenty, prosperity, and purity, to the end of the world, Joe 3:16-21.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 42:13
• 2. Amos 1:2
• 3. S Judges 5:4; S Isaiah 14:16; S Ezekiel 38:19
• 4. S Psalms 46:1; S Isaiah 25:4; Zechariah 12:8
• 5. S 2 Samuel 22:3; Jeremiah 16:19; Zechariah 9:12
• 6. S Exodus 6:7
• 7. S Joel 2:27
• 8. S Psalms 74:2; S Isaiah 4:3
• 9. Psalms 2:6; S Isaiah 2:2; S Ezekiel 17:22
• 10. S Jeremiah 31:40
• 11. S Isaiah 52:1; S Ezekiel 44:9; Zechariah 9:8