Joel 3:16-17

16 The LORD ¹roars from Zion And ²utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the ³heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a ⁴refuge for His people And a ⁵stronghold to the sons of Israel.

17 Then you will ⁶know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My ⁷holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be ⁸holy, And ⁹strangers will pass through it no more.

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. Hosea 11:10; Amos 1:2
• 2. Joel 2:11
• 3. Ezekiel 38:19; Joel 2:10; Haggai 2:6
• 4. Psalms 61:3; Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 17:17
• 5. Jeremiah 16:19; Nahum 1:7
• 6. Joel 2:27
• 7. Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 56:7; Ezekiel 20:40
• 8. Isaiah 4:3; Obadiah 17
• 9. Isaiah 52:1; Nahum 1:15