Joel 2:18

18 El Señor
promete restauración
Entonces el Señor
se compadecerá de su pueblo
y guardará celosamente el honor de su tierra.

Joel 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 2:18

Then will the Lord be jealous for his land
Or "zealous" for it; for the honour of it, and the good of its inhabitants, and for the glory of his own name, it being the chief place in the world for his worship and service; and his indignation will be moved against those who have brought desolation on it: and pity his people;
as a father his children, who had suffered much, and had been reduced to great distress by the locusts, or by their enemies: this the prophet foretells would be done upon their repentance, fasting, prayers, and tears; or, as some think, this is a narrative of what had been done, and the prophet was a witness of; that the people meeting together with their princess and priests, and humbling themselves before the Lord, and crying to him, he expressed a zeal and compassion for them, and delivered them out of their troubles; for though their humiliation is not expressed, it may be understood and supposed, as doubtless, it was fact.

Joel 2:18 In-Context

16 Reúnan a toda la gente:
ancianos, niños y aun los bebés.
Llamen al novio de su habitación
y a la novia de su cuarto de espera.

17 Que los sacerdotes, quienes sirven en la presencia del Señor
,
se levanten y lloren entre la entrada del templo y el altar.
Que oren: “¡Perdona a tu pueblo, Señor
!
No permitas que tu preciada posesión se convierta en objeto de burla.
No dejes que lleguen a ser la burla de los extranjeros incrédulos que dicen:
“¿Los ha abandonado el Dios de Israel?”».

18 El Señor
promete restauración
Entonces el Señor
se compadecerá de su pueblo
y guardará celosamente el honor de su tierra.

19 El Señor
responderá:
«¡Miren!, les envío grano, vino nuevo y aceite de oliva,
suficiente para satisfacer sus necesidades.
Ya no serán objeto de burla
entre las naciones vecinas.

20 Expulsaré a esos ejércitos que vienen del norte.
Los enviaré a tierra árida y desolada.
Los que van a la vanguardia serán arrojados al mar Muerto,
y los de la retaguardia al Mediterráneo.
El hedor de sus cuerpos en descomposición se elevará sobre la tierra».
¡Realmente el Señor
ha hecho grandes cosas!