References:
Review
Setting and background/context of Joel
Structure
Poem 1 - 1:1-20
Poem 2 - 2:1-17
God’s response - 2:18-27
THE Day of the Lord - 2:28-3:16
Joel 2:18-19 - God will take pity
A turning point - upon repentance God shows love for the land and His people
Answered prayer - grain, wine, oil = satisfaction
Shame removed - the surrounding nations that once mocked Israel will be silenced
God’s response in three parts
God will defeat the invaders - 2:20-21
From the north? Assyria? Babylon?
Northern armies צָפוֹן (tsef-o-nee’) from צְפוֹנִי(tsaw-fone’)
The call of Jeremiah Jer 1:13-14
Calling the northern kingdom (Israel) back Jer 3:11-13
possibly how people moved along the fertile crescent.
Into the eastern sea and the western sea (Dead & Mediterranean) - meaning complete victory
The stench of death as a great reminder
Stink בְּאשׁ (be-oshe’) foul odor
Stench צַחֲנָה (tsakh-an-aw’) only here in Joel
Poetic way of saying total annihilation of the enemy
God will restore the land - 2:22-26
Restoration to the animals and trees
Restoration to the threshing floor and wine & olive presses
Restoration of what the locusts stole (remember four locusts from 1:4
Locust #1 גָּזָם (gaw-zawm)
Locust #2 אַרְבֶּה (ar-beh’) most common in OT
Locust #3 יֶלֶק (yeh’-lek) young locust
Locust #4 חָסִיל (khaw-seel’)
God will dwell with His people - 2:27
