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Joel 2

Joel 2 — Overview

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Joel 2 — OverviewJoel 2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. A further description of that terrible desolation which should be made in the land of Judah by the locusts and caterpillars, ver. 1-11. II. A serious call to the people, when they…Joel 2 — OverviewJoel 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter a further account is given of the judgment of the locusts and caterpillars, or of those who are designed by them, Joe 2:1; the people of the Jews are called to repentance, humiliation, and fasting, urged…Joel 2:1-11Joel 2:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere we have God contending with his own professing people for their sins and executing upon them the judgment written in the law (Deut. xxviii. 42), The fruit of thy land shall the locust consume, which was…Joel 2:1Joel 2:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryBlow ye the trumpet (margin, cornet) in Zion, and sound an alarm (or, cause it to sound) in my holy mountain. The shophar, or far-sounding horn, and probably the chatsoterah, the hazar or silver trumpet, were called…Joel 2:1Joel 2:1 · The Pulpit CommentarySound an alarm! The trumpet-call was used among the Israelites both in their religious solemnities and in the conduct of war. The direction here given is that a summons should be addressed to the nation, calling upon…Joel 2:1-3Joel 2:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe purposes for which a trumpet was blown and an alarm sounded. I. THE PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS OCCASION. II. THE PLACE WHERE THE WARNING WAS GIVEN. III. THE PRIESTS WHO WERE TO SOUND THE ALARM. We are informed in…