ZION. See App-68. SOUND AN ALARM. Ref to Pentateuch (Numbers 10:5; Numbers 10:9). App-92, My. Note the Pronoun, and see notes on Joel 1:6; Joel 1:7. HOLY MOUNTAIN. mountain of My sanctuary. holy. See note on Exodus 3:5. THE DAY OF THE LORD. See notes on Joel 1:15. This is the subject of the book.... [ Continue Reading ]
A. DAY, &c. Compare Amos 5:18; Amos 5:20. MORNING. blackness, or darkness. Hebrew. _shahar,. Homonym._ with two meanings: (1) to be black or _dark_ (Job 30:30). Hence put for seeking in the early morning while yet dark (Psalms 78:34; Psalms 78:63; Psalms 78:1.Proverbs 1:28; Isaiah 26:9;... [ Continue Reading ]
A FIRE, &c. Compare Joel 1:19; Joel 1:20. THEM. The northern army (Joel 2:11) symbolized by the locusts of Joel 1:4. THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 2:8; Genesis 2:13; Genesis 2:10). App-92. Compare Isaiah 51:3. [ Continue Reading ]
THE APPEARANCE of them: i.e. the army of Joel 2:20, symbolized by the locusts of Joel 1:4. Compare Revelation 9:7. HORSEMEN. war-horses (Habakkuk 1:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE THE NOISE, &c. Compare Revelation 9:9. Connect this with the end of Joel 2:4. ON THE TOPS, &c. The Hebrew accents connect this with the leaping, not with the chariots. LEAP. rattle along. AS. STRONG PEOPLE. Compare Joel 2:2. Not locusts. The symbol must not be confused with what is symbolize... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. people's. BLACKNESS. paleness.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Heir plural of _'enosh_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THRUST. jostle, or press. WALK. march, as in Joel 2:7. SWORD. weapons. Hebrew. _shelach_. missiles, supposed to be "a late word" because not used earlier than 2 Chronicles 23:10; 2 Chronicles 32:5.Nehemiah 4:17; Nehemiah 4:23. but it is used in Job 33:18; Job 36:12. [ Continue Reading ]
RUN.. IN THE CITY.. CLIMB... ENTER, &c. These are put for the acts of men. LIKE. THIEF.. thief is. man (not an insect); so are these. Compare Matthew 24:43; Matthew 24:44.Luke 12:39; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SUN AND THE MOON SHALL BE DARK. Another proof of what is signified; and that this prophecy concerns what is future. Compare Joel 3:15. See Matthew 24:29. Compare Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7; Ezekiel 32:8; Acts 2:20; Revelation 6:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT, &c. Compare Joel 2:31.Jeremiah 30:7; Amos 5:18; Zephaniah 1:15. WHO CAN ABIDE IT? Ref to Pentateuch (Numbers 21:23). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 10:10; Zephaniah 1:14.Malachi 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, &c. Another call ("F", Joel 2:12, corresponding with "F", Joel 2:1). See the Structure, p. 1226. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. TURN YE. turn ye back, or return. TO. quite up to, as in Hosea 14:1. WITH ALL YOUR HEART. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 6:5). and. Some codice... [ Continue Reading ]
REND YOUR HEART. Compare Psalms 34:18; Psalms 51:17. YOUR GARMENTS. Ref, to Pentateuch (Genesis 37:34). App-92. God. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. HE IS GRACIOUS, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:6; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18). App-92. Compare 2 Chronicles 30:9; Neh [ Continue Reading ]
WHO KNOWETH... ? That this refers to Jehovah is clear from Jonah 3:9. RETURN TURN AWAY FROM (His fierce anger], as in Jonah 3:9, whore it is ascribed to "God". Same word as in Joel 2:12. A BLESSING: i.e.. new harvest. Compare Isaiah 65:8. MEAT... DRINK OFFERING, &c. See note on Joel 1:9; Joel 1:1... [ Continue Reading ]
A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY. a day of restraint. See note on Joel 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHER. Gather in. SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION. hallow. convocation. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:22). App-92. GATHER. gather out. CLOSET. bridal canopy. See notes on Psalms 19:5 and Isaiah 4:5. The only three occurrences of Heb _chuppah,_... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIESTS, the ministers of the LORD. See note on Joel 1:9. BETWEEN, &c. Compare Ezekiel 8:16. SPARE THY PEOPLE, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:11; Exodus 32:12 Deuteronomy 9:26; Deuteronomy 9:29). App-92. Compare Nehemiah 13:22. THINE HERITAGE. Reference to Pentateuch, ... [ Continue Reading ]
JEALOUS FOR HIS LAND, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:36). App-92. These remind us of the concluding words of the "Song of Moses", and sum up the object and outcome of all the events which go to make up "the day of the Lord".... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Astertismos_ (App-6), to call attention to the "blessing" MENTIONED IN JOEL 2:14. CORN, &c. Compare Joel 1:10; Malachi 3:11; Malachi 3:12, The Article is used with each of these in theHebrew text. WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh_. App-27. MAKE YOU. REPROACH. See note on "rule", Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NORTHERN ARMY. This is what the "locusts" of Joel 1:4 are the symbol of. The prophet does not "forget for. moment" the locusts of Joel 1:4. but, here explains the symbol. Locusts do not come from the north. The armies of Revelation 9; Daniel 1. do. THE EAST SEA: i.e. the Dead Sea. Compare Ezeki... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR NOT. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ App-6. LAND. soil. Hebrew. _'adamah. See_ note on Joel 1:10. WILL DO GREAT THINGS. Greater than the foe himself (Joel 2:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT AFRAID, &c. Figure of speech _Apostrophe_ (App-6), as in Joel 2:21. Compare Joel 1:18; Joel 1:20. PASTURES, &c. Compare Joel 1:19. STRENGTH. abundance.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE GLAD, &c. Figure of speech _Apostrophe_ (App-6), to the people. CHILDREN. sons. MODERATELY. in due measure. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:4.Deuteronomy 11:14; Deuteronomy 28:12). App-92. IN THE FIRST MONTH. [as at] the first, or [as] aforetime. Obviously, the two rains do not come in o... [ Continue Reading ]
FLOORS. threshing-floors. WHEAT. corn. FATS. vats. Anglo-Saxon (northern) faet, (southern) vat _= a_ vessel, or cask. Literally. that which contains. Hebrew yekeb the reservoir for receiving the wine; not gath, the press where the grapes are pressed. See note on Isaiah 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
RESTORE: make good. LOCUST, &c. See note on Joel 1:4. MY GREAT ARMY. Here the symbol, and what is symbolized, are joined together, and the army of men (verses: Joel 2:11; Joel 2:20) is implied by the Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL EAT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:5). App-92. EAT. eat on. PRAISE, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:24.Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 26:11). App-92. SHALL NEVER BE ASHAMED. This is repeated at the end of the next verse by the Figure of speech _Epi... [ Continue Reading ]
ye shall know, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:11.Deuteronomy 23:14; Deuteronomy 23:14). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 37:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTERWARD: i.e. after the "good bestowed" had begun to be enjoyed (Joel 2:21 for the nation had been restored under Ezra and Nehemiah; "the light had sprung up" (Isaiah 42:7; Matthew 4:12; Luke 2:32); "the days of the Son of Man" were then present (Luke 17:22). "Afterward" would come the days of the... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANTS, &c. Any whom God might call. Elisha was. ploughman, Amos. herdsman.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SHEW. Compare Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24. BLOOD, AND FIRE. These are symbols of Divine, judgment; not of salvation by grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TERRIBLE, &c. This is the time for the fulfilment of Joel's prophecy. Compare Joel 2:1; Joel 2:11; Malachi 4:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN MOUNT ZION. Compare Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 59:20; Obadiah 1:17; Zechariah 14:1.Romans 11:26. JERUSALEM. As distinct from Mount Zion. See App-68. DELIVERANCE. a delivered remnant. Compare Joel 2:3. AS. according as. HATH SAID: by Joel and other prophets. REMNANT. an escaped set, SHALL CALL. is... [ Continue Reading ]