FOR. Binding this portion to what immediately precedes. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterisms._ App-6. IN THOSE DAYS, &c. The prophecy, instead of con tracting, widens out to the final judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:31, "when the Son of Man shall come in His glory... and sit upon the throne of... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL ALSO GATHER. Compare Zechariah 14:2. ALL NATIONS. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), App-6, for representatives or people from all nations. THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. Between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. The name then existing is still preserved in the village of _Sh... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE, &c. This describes past sufferings. Compare Obadiah 1:16; Nahum 3:11. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
COASTS. circuit, or region. PALESTINE. Philistia. RENDER. pay back. Compare Ezekiel 25:15 IF. though.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLEASANT THINGS. things of desire, or valuable things. Compare Daniel 11:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. THE GRECIANS. Hebrew the sons of the Greeks.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL RAISE, &c. Compare Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 43:6, with Joe 49:12.Jeremiah 23:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
SABEANS. Defined as. distant nation. See note on Job 1:15. PEOPLE. nations. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROCLAIM, &c. Compare Isaiah 8:9; Isaiah 8:10; Jeremiah 46:3; Jeremiah 46:4.Ezekiel 38:7. GENTILES. nations. PREPARE. Hallow. MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEAT YOUR PLOWSHARES, &c. This precedes the opposite command to be given after this in Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3, when Hosea 2:18 shall be fulfilled. PRUNINGHOOKS: or, scythes.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES. Compare Joel 3:2. Hebrew. _ushu_. haste ye, as in Septuagint and Vulgate. Occurs only here. HEATHEN. nations. THITHER. To the valley of Jehoshaphat. THY MIGHTY ONES. Compare Psalms 103:20; Isaiah 13:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAKENED. Compare Joel 3:2. AND COME UP. Compare Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Psalms 110:6; Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 3:13.Micah 4:3. THERE WILL. SIT, &c. See Joel 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT YE IN THE SICKLE. Compare Matthew 13:39; Revelation 14:15; Revelation 14:18. SICKLE. vintage-knife. Heb _. maggal._ Occurs only here and Jeremiah 50:16. THE HARVEST. the vintage. Compare Jeremiah 51:33.Hosea 6:11. GET YOU DOWN. go in: i.e. into the winepress. tread ye. PRESS. Hebrew. _gath._... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDES. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), to express "great multitudes". DECISION. threshing: i.e. judgment. Compare Isaiah 41:15. THE DAY, &c. Defining the time as well as the place. Compare Joel 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SUN AND THE MOON, &c. Compare Joel 2:10; Joel 2:31... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. But Jehovah. App-4. ROAR OUT OF ZION. Compare Jeremiah 25:30; Ezekiel 38:18.Amos 1:2. ROAR. thunder. THE HEAVENS... SHALL SHAKE. Compare Joel 2:10 Haggai 2:6. BUT THE LORD. Compare Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 51:6. HOPE. refuge. STRENGTH. stronghold.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.Obadiah 1:16; Zechariah 8:3. HOLY. holiness. See note on Exodus 3:5. NO STRANGERS. Compare Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 52:1. [ Continue Reading ]
THAT DAY. Compare Joel 3:1. MOUNTAINS... HILLS. Compare Amos 9:13. DROP DOWN. distil. NEW WINE. sweet wine, or mead. Hebrew. _'asis._ App-27. RIVERS. Hebrew. _'aphikim. See_ note on "channels", 2 Samuel 22:16. JUDAH. The country; not the People. A FOUNTAIN, &c. Ezekiel 47:1.Zechariah 14:8; Rev... [ Continue Reading ]
VIOLENCE AGAINST. Genitive of Relation. App-17. innocent blood. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 19:10; Deuteronomy 27:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELL. remain, or be established.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEANSE... CLEANSED. clear... cleared. This could be done only by avenging it; for God will "by no means clear the guilty" (Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18); and Egypt, Edom, &c., were guilty (Joel 3:19), and are not to be cleansed", but punished for shedding Judah's blood. The Hebrew _nakah is_ not used... [ Continue Reading ]