Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Joel 3:12
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.
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.
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...
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...
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,...
WAKENED. Compare Joel 3:2. AND COME UP. Compare Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Psalms 110:6;...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
_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...
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....
GOD'S VICTORY OVER THE ENEMIES OF HIS PEOPLE FUTURE BLESSINGS (cont-'d) TEXT: Joel 3:1-15 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusale...
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...
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...
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...
_[Joel 4:12]_ יֵעֹ֨ורוּ֙ וְ יַעֲל֣וּ הַ גֹּויִ֔ם...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
JEHOVAH THE HOPE OF THE PEOPLE...
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...
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...
Joel 3:12 nations H1471 wakened H5782 (H8735) up H5927 (H8799) Valley H6010 Jehoshaphat H3092 sit H3427 ...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 20:26; Ezekiel 30:3; Ezekiel 39:11; Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah
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...
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...