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Verse 12. _LET THE HEATHEN BE WAKENED_] The heathen _shall be_
_wakened_.
_THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT_] Any place where God may choose to display
his judgments against his enemies....
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LET THE PAGAN BE AWAKENED - This emphatic repetition of the word,
“awaken,” seems intended to hint at the great awakening, to
Judgment , when they “who sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, bein...
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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...
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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,...
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WAKENED. Compare Joel 3:2.
AND COME UP. Compare Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Psalms 110:6;...
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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...
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_Let the_ NATIONS _be_ STIRRED UP] corresponding to the _stir up_of
Joel 3:9.
_for there will I sit to judge all the_ NATIONS _round about_ Another,
but a different play on the name _Jehoshaphat_: Jeh...
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Jehovah's reply: the nations may assemble; He will be ready to meet
them: already (Joel 3:13) He commands His ministers to begin the work
of destruction....
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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...
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_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...
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LET THE HEATHEN BE WAKENED— The prophet seems to deliver the words
of this verse by way of answer to his own prayer: "That God would lead
down his people, and give them the victory over their enemies....
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GOD'S VICTORY OVER THE ENEMIES OF HIS PEOPLE FUTURE BLESSINGS
(cont-'d)
TEXT: Joel 3:1-15
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For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back
the captivity of Judah and Jerusale...
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Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat:
for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
LET THE HEATHEN BE WAKENED, AND COME UP TO THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT...
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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...
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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...
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_[Joel 4:12]_ יֵעֹ֨ורוּ֙ וְ יַעֲל֣וּ הַ
גֹּויִ֔ם...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Prophet proceeds with the same subject, — that God will at
length become an avenger of the wrongs of his people, when they shall
be unjustly harassed by profane men. We indeed know that God does n...
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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...
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LET THE HEATHEN BE AWAKENED, AND COME TO THE VALLEY OF
JEHOSHAPHAT,.... That is, let the enemies of Christ and his church be
aroused from that state of security in which they are, and prepare for
thei...
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Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat:
for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
Ver. 12. _Let the heathen be awakened_] Here begins God's answer to
th...
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_Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord_ After the prophet
has given warning, in the way of irony, to the nations to provide for
their defence by all possible means, and to assemble themse...
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Let the heathen be wakened, stirred up for warfare, AND COME UP TO THE
VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT; FOR THERE WILL I SIT TO JUDGE ALL THE HEATHEN
ROUND ABOUT, all the heathen nations of the world, since the...
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JEHOVAH THE HOPE OF THE PEOPLE...
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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...
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LET THE HEATHEN; the several nations in their appointed time; and
perhaps the Assyrians are first to awake and stir under Shalmaneser,
next under Sennacherib, both which came up against this valley of...
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YHWH CALLS THE NATIONS TO JUDGMENT BEFORE HIM AND HIS MIGHTY ONES
(JOEL 3:9).
The final day of YHWH is set up and the nations are called for
judgment. The nations send out the call because they clearl...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JOEL 3:1 Judgment: The Lord’s Judgment against the Nations and His
Dwelling with His People. The Lord provides reasons for judgment (vv.
Joel 3:1), a description of the climactic judgment on the day o...
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Joel 3:9.] A call to war (Ezekiel 38:7). PREPARE] Lit. sanctify, for
heathen war began with religious ceremonies (Jeremiah 6:4; 1 Samue
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 20:26; Ezekiel 30:3; Ezekiel 39:11; Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah
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The heathen — The several nations in their appointed time, perhaps
the Assyrians first under Salmaneser, next under Sennacherib, both of
whom came up to the valley of Jehoshaphat. For there — In the m...
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Does God sit or stand to judge?
PROBLEM: Joel declares that God will “sit to judge all the
surrounding nations.” But, elsewhere the Bible says God “stands to
judge the people” (Isaiah 3:13). Which is...