Joel 3:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. ”

• Joel 3:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Once more all the enemies of God are summoned together. “Assemble yourselves,” (Others in the same sense render, “Haste ye,) and come, all ye pagan, round about,” literally “from round about,” i. e...

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• Joel 3:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  A Challenge to the Nations to Appear in the Valley of Judgment to Meet their Doom. Returning to the idea of Joel 3:2 , Joel represents Yahweh as bidding the heralds make proclamation among the nat...

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• Joel 3:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Assemble yourselves. Compare Joel 3:2 . Hebrew. ushu . haste ye, as in Septuagint and Vulgate. Occurs only here. heathen . nations. thither. To the valley of Jehoshaphat. Thy mighty ones....

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• Joel 3:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  At length he concludes, There will Jehovah overthrow thy mighty ones. Though the Prophet uses the singular number, “ thy ”, he no doubt refers to the whole earth; as though he said, “Whate...

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• Joel 3:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

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• Joel 3:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down— The Lord shall cast down the strong ones: Houbigant. Our translation, however, may be justified. At the ninth verse the proclamation is for the enemies...

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• Joel 3:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Assemble yourselves - `Hasten' (Maurer). Thit...

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• Joel 3:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Judgment of the Heathen and the Glory of Israel A general judgment of all nations, for their mistreatment of Israel, is announced in the valley of Jehoshaphat ( Joel 3:1-4 ). Tyre, Zidon, and...

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• Joel 3:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thy mighty ones — i.e., thy, because Jehovah had summoned them to take arms, as champions against Him in the final conflict.

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• Joel 3:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN Joel 3:1-21 HITHERTO Joel has spoken no syllable of the heathen, except to pray that God by His plagues will not give Israel to be mocked by them. But in the last ch...

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• Joel 3:11 - 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...

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• Joel 3:11 - 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...

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• Joel 3:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I do not presume to say as much, but I venture to believe, that Joel's prophecy in this Chapter is looking so far on, as to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The valley of Jehoshaphat is ag...

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• Joel 3:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Assemble yourselves ,.... From divers parts into one place: "be ye gathered"; or "gather yourselves together", as the Targum and Kimchi; get together in a body, muster up all the forces you can coll...

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• Joel 3:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Ver. 11. Assemble yourselves, and come all ye heath...

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• Joel 3:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord After the prophet has given warning, in the way of irony, to the nations to provide for their defence by all possible means, and to assemble thems...

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• Joel 3:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. B. C. 720.       9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentile...

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• Joel 3:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Assemble yourselves; the war proclaimed, Joel 3:9 , pro vision made, Joel 3:10 , now hasten to the general rendezvous; embody yourselves as you march, and hasten what you can, as the word imp...

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• Joel 3:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  YHWH Calls The Nations To Judgment Before Him And His Mighty Ones ( Joel 3:9-14 ). The final day of YHWH is set up and the nations are called for judgment. The nations send out the call because th...

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• Joel 3:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES. Joel 3:9 .] A call to war ( Ezekiel 38:7 ). Prepare ] Lit. sanctify, for heathen war began with religious ceremonies ( Jeremiah 6:4 ; 1 Samuel 7:8-9 ). Wake up ] Arouse the her...

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• Joel 3:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joel 3:1 . Behold, in those days, in the days of the Messiah, as stated from the twenty eighth verse of the preseding chapter. Of course all references in our elder critics, to Cambyses, and to Ju...

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• Joel 3:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Prepare war, wake up the mighty men. The final battle between good and evil I. In this battle evil will gather all its available energies. “Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wak...

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• Joel 3:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Joel 3:1-29 These verses describe the deliverance of God's people and the destruction of his enemies because of their injurious, insulting, and ignominious treatment of his peopl...

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• Joel 3:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jehovah The Hope of the People

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• Joel 3:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Thessalonians 1:7 ; Ezekiel 38:9-18 ; Isaiah 10:34 ; Isaiah 13:3 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Joel 3:2 ; Micah 4:12 ; Psalms 103:20 ; Revelation 16:14-16 ; Revelation 19:14 ; Revelation 19:19 ; Rev...

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• Joel 3:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Round about — All round about Judah. Thither — Toward Jerusalem; the church and heritage of God. Thy mighty ones — All those mighty warriors whom thou wilt make use of successively to punish the op...

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