“ But Judah shall dwellh for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. ”
Judah shall dwell for ever - Not earthly Judah, nor earthly Jerusalem, for these must come to an end, together with the earth itself, of whose end the prophets well knew. It is then the one peopl...
The Future Felicity of Judah Contrasted with the Desolation of her Oppressors. In that golden age when Yahweh shall dwell in Zion miraculous fertility shall transform the land, covering it with vin...
dwell . remain, or be established.
God here testifies that his redemption would not be for a short time, but that its fruit would be for a long, period, yea, perpetual: for it would be but a small thing for the Church to be rede...
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. But Judah shall dwell for ever - The true Church of Christ shall be supported, while all false and persecuting Churches sh...
Judah shall dwell for ever— That is, shall subsist a separate kingdom and estate, (as it is explained in the next clause) from generation to generation, or, for several generations or years; refe...
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. But Judah shall dwell forever - ( Amos 9:15 , "I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
But Judah shall dwell for ever ,.... The converted Jews shall dwell in their own land for ever, to the end of the, world and never more be carried captive, Ezekiel 37:25 ; and the true professing p...
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Ver. 20. But Judah shall dwell for ever ] Perpetuitas Ecclesiae declaratur, saith Mercer, the perpetuity of the Churc...
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom , &c. These two people were remarkable for the spite they bore to the Jews. The Egyptians were their oppressors when they first became a nation, and afterwa...
Judgments and Mercies; Promises to the Church. B. C. 720. 18 And it shall come to pass...
But and or yet Judah the chosen peculiar redeemed of the Lord, his church. shall dwell for ever; no more be captivated and driven from home, but in their own land and houses abide safely and pe...
The Final Showdown ( Joel 3:15-21 ). Joel closes his prophecy by declaring what YHWH will do for His people as by His mighty roar, and by portentous signs, He demonstrates to the world His watch o...
CRITICAL NOTES. Joel 3:18 .] After judgment upon all nations, the land of Jehovah shall overflow with Divine blessings; but the seat of the world will become barren waste. Drop ] Poetic for grea...
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...
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine. The golden age I. It will be an age in which great temporal prosperity will be witnessed. “And it shall come...
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...
Jehovah The Hope of the People
Amos 9:15 ; Ezekiel 37:25 ; Isaiah 33:20
Judah — The redeemed of the Lord, his church.