Joel 2:28-32

The Promise of the Spirit

28 "¹It will come about after this That I will ²pour out My Spirit on all ³mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.

29 "Even on the ⁴male and female servants * I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

The Day of the LORD

30 "I will ⁵display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.

31 "The ⁶sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the ⁷great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

32 "And it will come about that ⁸whoever * calls on the name of the LORD Will be delivered; For ⁹on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who ¹⁰escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the ¹¹survivors whom the LORD calls.

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Joel 2:28-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOEL 2

In this chapter a further account is given of the judgment of the locusts and caterpillars, or of those who are designed by them, Joe 2:1-11; the people of the Jews are called to repentance, humiliation, and fasting, urged from the grace and goodness of God, his jealousy and pity for his people, and the answer of prayer that might he expected from him upon this, even to the removal of the calamity, Joe 2:12-20; a prophecy of good things, both temporal and spiritual, in the times of the Messiah, is delivered out as matter and occasion of great joy, Joe 2:21-27; and another concerning the effusion of the Spirit, which was fulfilled an the day of Pentecost, Joe 2:28-29; and the chapter is concluded with the judgments and desolations that should come upon the land of Judea after this, for their rejection of Christ, though the remnant according to the election of grace should be delivered and saved from the general destruction, Joe 2:30-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. Acts 2:17-21
2. Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Zechariah 12:10
3. Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 49:26
4. 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28
5. Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24, 25; Luke 21:11, 25, 26; Acts 2:19
6. Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4; Joel 2:10; Joel 3:15; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Acts 2:20; Revelation 6:12, 13
7. Isaiah 13:9; Zephaniah 1:14-16; Malachi 4:1, 5
8. Jeremiah 33:3; Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13
9. Isaiah 46:13; Romans 11:26
10. Isaiah 4:2; Obadiah 17
11. Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 31:7; Micah 4:7; Romans 9:27

Footnotes 2

[a]. Ch 3:1 in Heb
[b]. Lit "flesh"