Joel 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.c ”

Joel 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before their face the people shall be much pained - The locust being such a scourge of God, good reason have men to be terrified at their approach; and those are most terrified who have most felt...
Joel 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces (e) shall gather blackness. (e) They will be pale and black because of fear, as in ( Nahum 2:10 ).
Joel 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

people . people's. blackness . paleness.
Joel 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

At length he adds, As a strong people, prepared for battle; their face the people will dread, and all faces shall gather blackness. By these words the Prophet intimates that the Assyrians at...
Joel 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. All faces shall gather blackness - Universal mourning shall take place, because they know that such a plague is ir...
Joel 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Before their face, &c.— At their approach the people tremble: all faces contract paleness.
Joel 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. Before their face the people shall be much pained - namely, with terror. The Arab proverb is, 'More terrib...
Joel 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All faces shall gather blackness. — There are different explanations of this Hebrew phrase, which expresses the result of terror. Some translate it “withdraw their ruddiness,” i.e., grow pale; ot...
Joel 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Before their face the people shall be much pained ,.... Or, "at their presence"; at the sight of them they shall be in pain, as a woman in travail; into such distress an army of locusts would throw...
Joel 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. Ver. 6. Before their face the people shall be much pained ] This is a confirmation of the former assertion. The...
Joel 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses Bochart and many other writers mention the resemblance which the head of a locust bears to that of a horse; whence the Italians call them ca...
Joel 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Before their face, at the sight of these locusts, both literally and figuratively considered, the people of the land shall be much pained; as a woman in travail is in pain, their fears shall be v...
Joel 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet Urges Repentance
Joel 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 13:8 ; Jeremiah 30:6 ; Jeremiah 8:21 ; Lamentations 4:8 ; Nahum 2:10 ; Psalms 119:83
Joel 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Blackness — Such as is the colour of dead men, or the dark paleness of men frightened into swoons.

Joel 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joel 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joel 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joel 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joel 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joel 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joel 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joel 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joel 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joel 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joel 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joel 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joel 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joel 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joel 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joel 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joel 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 2:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joel 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes