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Joel 2:1-11

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“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

1. Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand; 2. A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, [even] to the years of many generations. 3. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land [is] as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4. The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 6. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. 7. They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: 8. Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and [when] they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. 9. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 10. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 11. And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp [is] very great: for [he is] strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD [is] great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Joel 2:1-11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joel 2:1

Theological / Devotional

Blow. Verses 1-11 give a further description of the disaster caused by the “locusts” (see on ch. 1:4), and of the appearance of them” (ch. 2:4).

Trumpet. Heb. shophar, an instrument made of a ram’s horn, used for signaling (see Vol. III, p. 39).

Zion. The name was applied both to Jerusalem and to the mountain upon which Jerusalem was situated (see on Ps. 48:2).

Day of the Lord. See on ch. 1:15.

In view of the fact that the great day of the Lord is hastening on apace and but few precious moments of probation remain, it behooves the church of God to rouse from its spiritual lethargy and seek repentance and humiliation. There are many in Zion who are satisfied with their spiritual attainments. They feel “rich, and increased with goods,” and in “need of nothing” (Rev. 3:17). Others who feel a need are either too lethargic to effect a change or else expect that the lack will be supplied in the time of the latter rain (see TM 507). All such need to be aroused by the trumpet blast from Zion’s watchman. Now, while the day of grace lingers, is the time to make thorough work of repentance, to cleanse the soul of every defilement, and to permit the full work of grace upon the heart. See further on v. 14.

By SdaBc

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