“ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: ”
Before, he had, in these same words Joel 2:1 ; Joel 1:14 , called to repentance, because the Day of the Lord was coming, was near, “a day of darkness,” etc. Now , because God is “gracious and mer...
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...
a solemn assembly . a day of restraint. See note on Joel 1:14 .
Here again the Prophet reminds them that there was need of deep repentance; for not only individuals had transgressed, but the whole people had become guilty before God; and we also know how ma...
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Blow the trumpet - Let no time be lost, let the alarm be sounded.
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Blow the trumpet - to convene the people ( Numbers 10:3 : cf. Joel 1:14 ). The nation was guilty, and therefore there must...
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...
Sanctify a fast. — The prophet renews, therefore, his summons to the priests to proclaim a day of humiliation, on which all, without distinction of age or circumstances, are to be required to prese...
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...
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...
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...
I beg the Reader to remark with me, what a most beautiful and finished representation is here of a praying assembly, and what blessings might not be expected to follow, where the Lord gives grace to...
Blow the trumpet in Zion ,.... For the calling of the people together to religious duties, which was one use of the silver trumpets made for and blows by the priests, Numbers 10:2 ; sanctify a fa...
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Ver. 15. Blow the trumpet in Zion ] That all may hear and convene, those of Jerusalem in the temple, and the rest in their severa...
Blow the trumpet in Zion This was a signal for assembling the people at the solemn times of public worship. Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly Or, appoint ye a fast, proclaim a solemn day:...
Exhortation to Repentance. B. C. 720. 12 Therefore also now, saith the L ORD , turn ye...
Blow the trumpet in Zion: see Joel 2:1 . Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: see Joel 1:14 .
Joel Calls The Priests And People To Repentance In The Hope That YHWH Would Turn Away His Judgment ( Joel 2:12-17 ). The call to repentance divides into two sections, the first an appeal to the pe...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Joel 2:15 . Blow ] Convene the people. Joel 2:16-17 .] No age and condition exempted, for all deserve punishment; the joy of the bride and bridegroom even must give place...
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...
Sanctify a fast. A penitential assembly I. It must be an assembly which shall be solemn in the spirit in which it meets. “Call a solemn assembly.” In all probability these words refer to the le...
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...
The Prophet Urges Repentance
1 Kings 21:12 ; 1 Kings 21:9 ; 2 Kings 10:20 ; Jeremiah 36:9 ; Joel 1:14 ; Joel 2:1 ; Numbers 10:3