Joel 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: ”

Joel 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The earth shall quake before them - “ Not,” says Jerome, “as though locusts or enemies had power to move the heavens or to shake the earth; but because, to those under trouble, for their exceeding...
Joel 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the (g) sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: (g) Read ( Joel 2:31 ; Isaiah 13:10 ; Ezekiel 32:7...
Joel 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Let the Alarm be Sounded, for the Locusts are Precursors of the Day of Yahweh. Speaking in Yahweh's name the prophet bids the priests sound the alarm from Mt. Zion, that all the community may reali...
Joel 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Joel 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Then he adds, Before their face shall the earth tremble, and in anguish shall be the heavens; the sun and the moon shall become dark, and the stars shall withdraw their brightness. The Proph...
Joel 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: The earth shall quake - the heavens shall tremble - Poeti...
Joel 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: The earth shall quake before them - i:e., the inh...
Joel 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Repentance followed by Restoration Joel 2:1-17 are another description of the locust plague. An alarm is sounded as though the Day of Jehovah had come ( Joel 2:1-3 ). The advance of the locusts...
Joel 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The earth shall quake before them. — Some commentators call this description “a specimen of the highly-wrought hyperbolical features of Hebrew poetry,” but it is the presence and judgment, the voic...
Joel 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORD Joel 1:2-20 ; Joel 2:1-17 JOEL, as we have seen, found the motive of his prophecy in a recent plague of locusts, the appearance of which and the havoc they...
Joel 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Summons to Penitence Joel 1:1-20 ; Joel 2:1-11 We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's mouthpiece and remain unknown. His message was one of unparalleled woe. Th...
Joel 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus dealt with the actual visitation and its terrible devastation, and having called the people into the place of humiliation, the prophet rose to a higher level, and interpreted the visitati...
Joel 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It will be very easy for a child of God to make a gracious improvement of what is here said, if read spiritually with an eye to soul exercises, in the conflicts of flesh and spirit, when once a life...
Joel 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The earth shall quake before them ,.... The inhabitants of it, because of the desolating judgments they bring with them, and those enemies that are signified by them: the heavens shall tremble ; b...
Joel 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: Ver. 10. The earth shall quake before them, &c. ]...
Joel 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall run to and fro in the city No place shall be inaccessible to them, nor free from them. “Every place,” says St. Jerome, “lies open to them; for they infest not only the fields, and the fr...
Joel 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 720. 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm i...
Joel 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Literally taken, this verse is an elegant description of most unparalleled armies of locusts, sent of God to waste this sinful people, in the description whereof the prophet shows his lofty style, an...
Joel 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The March Of The Young Locust/Grasshopperss ( Joel 2:4-11 ). Joel then describes the onward ‘march' of the young locusts in their mass movement made up of sheer numbers, advancing like a huge ‘arm...
Joel 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter still urges repentance, directs for a meeting of the people, and assures that God will have compassion. Joel 2:1 . Blow ] Priests must sound an alarm, as if foreig...
Joel 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:1 . Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, to convoke a solemn assembly for fasting and humiliation. Numbers 10:2-3 . Joel 2:2 . A day of darkness, nigrum esse. The army of locusts obscured the...
Joel 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Joel 2:1-29 These verses contain a further description of the calamity occasioned by the locusts and the appearance presented by them; the calling of a congregational meeting for...
Joel 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet Urges Repentance
Joel 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:20 ; Amos 5:8 ; Ezekiel 32:7 ; Isaiah 13:10 ; Isaiah 34:4 ; Jeremiah 4:23 ; Joel 2:2 ; Joel 2:31 ; Joel 3:15 ; Luke 21:25 ; Luke 21:26 ; Mark 13:24 ; Mark 13:25 ; Matthew 24:29 ;...
Joel 2:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Bird's-Eye View of Joel Joel 2:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Book of Joel anticipates the day of Jehovah. The 1st chapter has a definite historical setting, but it also looks forward in ant...
Joel 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The earth — A divine hyperbole. But this also may have a reference to the great day.

Joel 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joel 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joel 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joel 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joel 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joel 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joel 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joel 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joel 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joel 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joel 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joel 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joel 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joel 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joel 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joel 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 2:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joel 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes