Joel 2:21-26

21 No temas, tierra,sino alégrate y regocíjate,porque el SEÑOR hará grandes cosas.

22 No teman, animales del campo,porque los pastizales de la estepa reverdecerán;los árboles producirán su fruto,y la higuera y la vid darán su riqueza.

23 Alégrense, hijos de Sión,regocíjense en el SEÑOR su Dios,que a su tiempo les dará las lluvias de otoño.Les enviará la lluvia,la de otoño y la de primavera,como en tiempos pasados.

24 Las eras se llenarán de grano;los lagares rebosarán de vino nuevo y de aceite.

25 «Yo les compensaré a ustedespor los años en que todo lo devoróese gran ejército de langostasque envié contra ustedes:las grandes, las pequeñas,las larvas y las orugas.^[a]

26 Ustedes comerán en abundancia, hasta saciarse,y alabarán el nombre del SEÑOR su Dios,que hará maravillas por ustedes.¡Nunca más será avergonzado mi pueblo!

Joel 2:21-26 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Véase nota en 1:4.