Joel 2:18-27
Summary for Joel 2:18: 2:18–3:21 a Up to this point, the book of Joel has focused on God’s judgment upon Judah and Jerusalem, but from here on, it describes God’s promise of restoration. If the people sincerely repented, God would respond graciously.Summary for Joel 2:18-27: 2:18-27 b God promised to restore his people’s material lives in the immediate future, replenishing their fields, orchards, vineyards, and flocks. 2:18 c Since both people and land suffered from God’s judgment, both would be the objects of his zealous compassion.
Summary for Joel 2:19-20: 2:19-20 d grain and new wine and olive oil: God would restore the fruits of the land. This would again make available the elements necessary for sacrifice and worship (see 1:10 e, 13 f). God would also eradicate the invading armies from the north.
Summary for Joel 2:21-22: 2:21-22 g Don’t be afraid: God’s great deliverance would be full and complete.
2:23 h autumn rains ... rains of spring: God would once again restore the regular pattern of rainfall, and the drought (1:12 i, 20 j) would be reversed.
2:25 k The Lord promised restitution for the terrible damage done by the locusts (see 1:4 l, 10 m, and corresponding study notes).
Summary for Joel 2:26-27: 2:26-27 n and you will praise the Lord your God: God’s promised restoration of their crops and food supply should lead the people of Judah and Jerusalem to praise and adoration, acknowledging that the Lord was in their midst and that he alone is God.
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