Joel 2:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. ”

Joel 2:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before the great and terrible Day of the Lord come - o : “The days of our life are our days wherein we do what we please; that will be the “Day of the Lord,” when He, our Judge, shall require th...
Joel 2:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (t) sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. (t) The order of nature will seem to be changed because of the horrible af...
Joel 2:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Portents of the Day of Yahweh. The deliverance from the locusts is but a harbinger of the time coming when Yahweh will impart His spirit to all Jews for to such the context evidently restricts...
Joel 2:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the terrible, &c. This is the time for the fulfilment of Joel's prophecy. Compare Joel 2:1 ; Joel 2:11 ; Malachi 4:5 .
Joel 2:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We now see why the Prophet adds here this sad catalogue, and how well these things harmonize together, — that God would testify his paternal love by the manifestation of Christ, — and that he w...
Joel 2:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1182 SIGNS OF THE MESSIAH’S ADVENT Joel 2:28-32 . And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,...
Joel 2:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. The sun shall be turned into darkness - The Jewish polity, civil and ecclesiast...
Joel 2:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. As Messiah's manifestation is full of joy to believers, so it has an aspect of wrath to unbeliev...
Joel 2:31 - 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 2:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The sun ... and the moon. — These words, recalling some of the portents in the ancient history of the Jews (especially as instanced in some of the plagues of Egypt) are taken up by our Lord Himsel...
Joel 2:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PROSPERITY AND THE SPIRIT Joel 2:18-32 "THEN did Jehovah become jealous for His land, and took pity upon His people"-with these words Joel opens the second half of his book. Our Authorized Vers...
Joel 2:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Joel 2:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, s...
Joel 2:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But here we have the sum and substance of the whole in one of the richest promises ever made, as the effect of salvation, and most comprehensive of all blessings. It is impossible to err in the expla...
Joel 2:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood ,.... Not by eclipses, as Aben Ezra; but by the clouds of smoke arising from the burning of towns and cities, which would be so great a...
Joel 2:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. Ver. 31. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood ] By...
Joel 2:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, &c. Particular judgments upon kings and nations are often described in such terms as properly belong to the general judgment and...
Joel 2:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promise of Mercy. B. C. 720. 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pou...
Joel 2:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Having mentioned the prodigies which were to be wrought on earth, now the prophet specifieth what shall be done in heaven, where the great luminaries shall be wonderfully affected. The sun shall be...
Joel 2:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Promise Of Great Spiritual Blessing Yet To Be ‘Poured Out' And Portents Of Judgment To Come ( Joel 2:28-32 ). And as a result of their restoration to Him through repentance and their turning t...
Joel 2:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Joel 2:28-32 . Afterward ] These outward things are only a type of spiritual gifts, a prospect of richer blessings; and a grander dispensation is held out, a dispensation remar...
Joel 2:31 - 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 2:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sirocco suggesting prophetic figures We have two kinds of sirocco--one accompanied with viole...
Joel 2:31 - 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 2:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Promise of Temporal and Spiritual Blessings
Joel 2:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 13:10 ; Isaiah 13:9 ; Isaiah 34:4 ; Isaiah 34:5 ; Joel 2:10 ; Joel 3:1 ; Joel 3:15 ; Luke 21:25 ; Malachi 4:1 ; Malachi 4:5 ; Mark 13:24 ; Mark 13:25 ; Matthew 24:29 ; Matthew 27...
Joel 2:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The sun — Having mentioned the prodigies which were to be wrought on earth, he now specifies what shall be done in heaven. The terrible day — The unholy day of the destruction of Jerusalem; typifyi...

Joel 2:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joel 2:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joel 2:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joel 2:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Joel 2:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joel 2:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joel 2:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joel 2:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joel 2:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joel 2:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joel 2:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joel 2:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joel 2:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joel 2:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joel 2:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joel 2:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joel 2:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joel 2:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 2:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes