Joel 2:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? ”

Joel 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who knoweth if He will return - God has promised forgiveness of sins and of eternal punishment to those who turn to Him with their whole heart. Of this, then, there could be no doubt. But He has...
Joel 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who knoweth [if] he will (k) return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? (k) He speaks this to stir up their slothfulness,...
Joel 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Even Yet Humiliation and Repentance may Avert the Worst. But even now, though the calamity is so serious that it seems to be the precursor of the Day of Dread, Yahweh bids the people turn to Him wi...
Joel 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ....
Joel 2:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet seems at first sight to leave men here perplexed and doubtful; and yet in the last verse, as we have seen, he had Offered a hope of favor, provided they sincerely repented. Hence th...
Joel 2:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1180 REPENTANCE URGED Joel 2:12-14 . Now, saith the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not y...
Joel 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Who knoweth if he will return - He may yet interpose a...
Joel 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leav...
Joel 2:14 - 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 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even a meat offering. — The returning favour of the Lord will enable the daily sacrifices to be restored, which had failed through the visitation ( Joel 1:9 ).
Joel 2:14 - 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 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Averting of Judgment Joel 2:12-27 To rend the garment is easy, but a broken and contrite heart can be imparted only by the grace of the Holy Spirit. The love of God should bring us to repen...
Joel 2:14 - 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 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a gracious invitation is contained in these words. How tenderly the Lord reasons with his people. And what an encouraging assurance it folds up with. Reader! do not fail to observe that this cal...
Joel 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent ,.... Which some understand of man, and of his returning and repentance; either thus whosoever he be that knows the ways of repentance, he will return, and...
Joel 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Ver. 14. Who knoweth if he will return and repent,...
Joel 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore, also now , &c. Or, Nevertheless, also now, saith the Lord , &c. Here a method is pointed out, whereby they might still have hopes of avoiding the calamity denounced against them,...
Joel 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Repentance. B. C. 720. 12 Therefore also now, saith the L ORD , turn ye...
Joel 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

None need be discouraged, as if it were too late to seek and hope for mercy; God will pardon the truly penitent, and deliver them from eternal miseries, and it is possible he may deliver from present...
Joel 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Appeal To The People To Repent And Turn To Him ( Joel 2:12-14 ). This is probably to be seen as all in the words of YHWH in spite of the change to the third person half way through and the...
Joel 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Joel 2:12 . Therefore ] repent with heart undivided, and with fasting , for heinous sins demand extraordinary penitence. Mourning ] Lit. beating on the breast, like the pub...
Joel 2:14 - 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 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. The characteristics and encouragements of true repentance I. T...
Joel 2:14 - 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 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet Urges Repentance
Joel 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 6:5 ; 2 Corinthians 9:5-11 ; 2 Kings 19:4 ; 2 Samuel 12:22 ; 2 Timothy 2:25 ; Amos 5:15 ; Exodus 32:30 ; Haggai 2:19 ; Isaiah 65:8 ; Joel 1:13 ; Joel 1:16 ; Joel 1:9 ; Jonah 1:6...
Joel 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He will return — God doth not move from one place to another; but when he withholds his blessings, he is said to withdraw himself. And so when he gives out his blessing, he is said to return. And l...

Joel 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joel 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joel 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joel 2:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Joel 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joel 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joel 2:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joel 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joel 2:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joel 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joel 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joel 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joel 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joel 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joel 2:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joel 2:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joel 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joel 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes