Joel 2:10-12

10 Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.

11 The LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?

Rend Your Heart

12 “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

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Joel 2:10-12 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. Psalms 18:7; Nahum 1:5
2. S Ezekiel 38:19
3. S ver 2; S Isaiah 5:30; S Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Revelation 9:2
4. S Job 9:7; S Psalms 102:26; Isaiah 13:10; S Ezekiel 32:8
5. S Isaiah 2:12; S Ezekiel 30:3; S Joel 1:15; Obadiah 1:15
6. S Psalms 29:3
7. S ver 2,25
8. Zephaniah 1:14; Revelation 18:8
9. S Ezekiel 22:14; Zephaniah 2:11; Revelation 6:17
10. S Deuteronomy 4:30; S Ezekiel 33:11; Jeremiah 4:1; S Hos 12:6
11. S 1 Samuel 7:3