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Joel 3:17

JOEL—NOTE ON Joel 3:17 you shall know that I am the LORD your God. Judgment and salvation lead to knowledge of the covenant Lord and the removal of the people’s shame. Zion stands for the promise of God’s presence among his people. Jerusalem shall be holy. Where God is present, all is purified. strangers. Those who do not worship the Lord.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 17. _SO SHALL YE KNOW _] By the judgments I execute on your enemies, and the support I give to yourselves, that I am the all-conquering Jehovah; and that I have again taken up my residence in J...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    God Himself wondrously joins on His own words to those of the prophet, and speaks to His own people; “so (literally, and) ye shall know,” by experience, by sight, face to face, what ye now believe, “t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    III. THE EVENTS OF THE DAY OF THE LORD: ISRAEL'S ENEMIES JUDGED AND THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The judgment of the nations (Joel 3:1) _ 2. The preceding warfare of the nations and how i...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A CHALLENGE TO THE NATIONS TO APPEAR IN THE VALLEY OF JUDGMENT TO MEET THEIR DOOM. Returning to the idea of Joel 3:2, Joel represents Yahweh as bidding the heralds make proclamation among the nations,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SO SHALL YE KNOW, &c. Compare Joel 2:27. See note on Ezekiel 6:7. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. MY HOLY MOUNTAIN. Compare Daniel 11:45.

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In consequence of this deliverance Israel will know that Jehovah is its God, dwelling in its midst, and ready to succour it; Jerusalem also will no more be defiled by the presence in it of strangers....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Part II. Chap. Joel 2:18 to Joel 3:21 Jehovah's answer to His people's prayer of penitence. He will remove from them the plague of locusts, and bestow upon them an abundance of both material and spir...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    After the digression on the Phoenicians and Philistines (Joel 3:4), the thought of Joel 3:1 is resumed; and the description of the judgement on the nations, announced in Joel 3:2, is continued. The he...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE LORD SHALL ROAR OUT OF ZION -- JOEL 3:12-17:_ These people are brought to Judgment Valley or the Valley of Jehoshaphat where the Lord will judge the nations. The only hope the nations had of avoi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN SHALL JERUSALEM BE HOLY— That is, "After this, Jerusalem shall be safe under my care, and be no more profaned by the hostile armies of these mine enemies." These expressions, perhaps, may have a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    III THE PURPOSE OF REPENTANCE (cont-'d) GOD'S PRESENCE AMONG HIS PEOPLE TEXT: Joel 3:16-21 16 And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the heavens and the earth sh...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. SO SHALL YE KNOW - experimenta...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GLORY OF ISRAEL A general judgment of all nations, for their mistreatment of Israel, is announced in the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:1). Tyre, Zidon, and Philisti...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE DAY OF THE LORD JOEL _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 3 THE *LORD *JUDGES THE NATIONS V1 ‘One day, at that time, I will make *Judah and Jerusalem great again. V2 Then I will bring all the nations together...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NO STRANGERS PASS THROUGH HER. — Strangers signify the aliens who had hitherto oppressed. They are like the spots and wrinkles which would defile the bride — the Church of God....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Joel 4:17]_ וִֽ ידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN Joel 3:1 HITHERTO Joel has spoken no syllable of the heathen, except to pray that God by His plagues will not give Israel to be mocked by them. But in the last chapter of...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE VALLEY OF DECISION” Joel 2:28-32; Joel 3:1-21 Having stated the outward blessings that would follow repentance, Joel unveils the extraordinary spiritual blessings that were in store. The outpour...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Finally the prophet moved on to a yet higher level, and dealt wholly with things to come. The great word introducing the section is "afterward." Some of the things foretold have now been fulfilled, so...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass (k) through her any more. (k) The strangers will no...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _No more, for a long time. Antiochus and the Romans again profaned the temple. But the Church of Christ is always holy._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I do not presume to say as much, but I venture to believe, that Joel's prophecy in this Chapter is looking so far on, as to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The valley of Jehoshaphat is aga...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel." Like Hosea, Joel is one of the earliest prophets (being earlier even than Jonah), but differs ess...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This is a confirmation of the preceding doctrine, _ye shall know, _he says, _that I am your God. _The Prophet intimates that the favor of God had been so hidden during the afflictions of the people, t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Joel 3 the Spirit develops, with more detail, the circumstances of the last days-those days, in which God would bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem. This epoch precedes the time of peace...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO SHALL YE KNOW THAT I [AM] THE LORD YOUR GOD DWELLING IN ZION, MY HOLY MOUNTAIN,.... The church of God, which is his dwelling place; and will appear more manifestly to be so at this time, when Chris...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more._ Ver. 17. _So shall ye know t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So shall ye know that I am the Lord dwelling in Zion_ Very graciously present with you, and ever watching over you and delighting to save you. _Then shall Jerusalem be holy_ After the church's enemie...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So shall ye know that I am the Lord, your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain, in the midst of the congregation of believers. THEN SHALL JERUSALEM BE HOLY, a true communion of saints; AND THERE SH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JEHOVAH THE HOPE OF THE PEOPLE...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HOLY: _ Heb._ holiness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-17 Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God's people. There is no escaping God's judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, shall be cut off from all comfort and joy. Most of the proph...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SO, by these effects of my presence with my people, by my anger against their enemies, by punishing them by each other, overthrowing oppressors, by fulfilling what is foretold, shall ye, ye that suffe...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joel 3:17 know H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Dwelling H7931 (H8802) Zion H6726 holy H6944 mountain...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FINAL SHOWDOWN (JOEL 3:15). Joel closes his prophecy by declaring what YHWH will do for His people as by His mighty roar, and by portentous signs, He demonstrates to the world His watch over them....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Restoration of Israel, and judgment of all nations in regard to Israel. Full kingdom blessings under Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Joel. CONCLUSION: Though God has suffered the enemies of His pe...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joel 3:1. _Behold, in those days,_ in the days of the Messiah, as stated from the twenty eighth verse of the preseding chapter. Of course all references in our elder critics, to Cambyses, and to Judas...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Prepare war, wake up the mighty men._ THE FINAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL I. In this battle evil will gather all its available energies. “Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. Joel 3:15.] Dreadful commotions will happen before that day. Out of Zion Jehovah will destroy his enemies, protect his people, and purify his sanctuary. _HOMILETICS_ THE UNPROFANED...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOEL 3:1 These verses describe the deliverance of God's people and the destruction of his enemies because of their injurious, insulting, and ignominious treatment of his people. JOEL 3:1...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in those days (Joel 3:1), He goes into chapter 3. and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem (Joel 3:1), That is, in the days--we're getting close now, for...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 11:45; Ezekiel 43:12; Ezekiel 48:35; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 35:8;

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Dwelling — Very graciously present with you, and ever watching over you, and delighting to save you. Then — After her enemies are destroyed and the remnant is saved, and the Messiah is come; for to hi...

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