Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Joel (R. A. Torrey )

《 Treasury of Scripture Knowledge – Joel 》 (R. A. Torrey )

Commentator The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge was, and still is, a Bible reference work first published around 1830, created by the London publisher Samuel Bagster (1772- 1851). It is a set of cross-references. That is, it consists entirely of a book-length listing of cross-references, showing only the chapter and verse citations with no accompanying text. About the size of a complete Bible, the TSK is also organized like a Bible, beginning at Genesis and ending at Revelation. Each verse of the Bible is cross-referenced to several others to enable the reader to gain a true sense of each word and phrase as it is used in the Bible.  800,000 cross-references, listing verses that illustrate how words and phrases are used elsewhere in the Bible.  Helps the reader interpret Scripture with Scripture.  Brief chapter summaries.  Dates and other notes. But the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is usually described as being the work of R. A. Torrey. Most editions you can buy these days have Torrey's name on the cover, and sometimes in the title: R. A. Torrey's Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. According to commen knowledge, Torrey did not specifically try to claim authorship of the reference book, but he did become one of its chief promoters, and as his own fame rose, his endorsement of the book mattered to more and more people. Inevitably his name ended up on the cover. But if you read his introduction to the book, often printed inside, you see that he describes having first encountered it "some twenty years ago." Originally printed in a 700+ page book and now enhanced with two-way cross- referencing, this entire reference is available to you on StudyLight.org.

00 Introduction

It is generally supposed, that the prophet Joel blends two subjects of affliction in one general consideration, or beautiful allegory; and that, under the devastation to be produced by locusts in the vegetable world, he portrays the more distant calamities to be inflicted by the armies of the Chaldeans in their invasion of Judea. These predictions are followed by a more general denunciation of God‘s vengeance, delivered in such language as to be in some measure descriptive of the final judgment of mankind. The prophet intermingles these declarations with earnest exhortations to repentance, and with promises of returning prosperity productive of Gospel blessings; foretelling, in the clearest terms, the general effusion of the Holy Spirit under the Christian dispensation, and the awful consequences of obstinately rejecting the sacred influence, especially to the Jews. The state of this nation at the present day, fully attests the Divine inspiration of the prophecy.

01 Chapter 1

Introduction 1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, exhorts to observe them, 8 and to mourn. 14 He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.

Verse 1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. word Jeremiah 1:2; Ezekiel 1:3; Hosea 1:1; 2 Peter 1:21 to Acts 2:16

Verse 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Hear Psalms 49:1; Isaiah 34:1; Jeremiah 5:21; Hosea 5:1; Amos 3:1; 4:1; 5:1; Micah 1:2; Micah 3:1,9; Matthew 13:9; Revelation 2:7 ye old Job 8:8; 12:12; 15:10; 21:7 Hath 2:2; Deuteronomy 4:32-35; Isaiah 7:17; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:21

Verse 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. Exodus 10:1,2; 13:14; Deuteronomy 6:7; Joshua 4:6,7,21,22; Psalms 44:1; 71:18; 78:3-8; Psalms 145:4; Isaiah 38:19

Verse 4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. That which the palmer-worm hath left Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm. 2:25; Amos 4:9; The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, {gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil}, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See on; Exodus 10:4 the locust eaten Exodus 10:12-15; Deuteronomy 28:38,42; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; 7:13; Psalms 78:46; 105:34; Amos 7:1; Revelation 9:3-7 the canker-worm eaten Nahum 3:15-17 the caterpillar Isaiah 33:4; Jeremiah 51:14,27

Verse 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. Awake Isaiah 24:7-11; Amos 6:3-7; Luke 21:34-36; Romans 13:11-14 weep 11,13; Jeremiah 4:8; Ezekiel 30:2; James 5:1 for Isaiah 32:10-12; Luke 16:19,23-25 Verse 6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. nation 2:2-11,25; Proverbs 30:25-27 my Psalms 107:34; Isaiah 8:8; 32:13; Hosea 9:3 whose Proverbs 30:14; Revelation 9:7-10

Verse 7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. laid 12; Exodus 10:15; Psalms 105:33; Isaiah 5:6; 24:7; Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 2:12; Habakkuk 3:17 barked my fig-tree Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking.

Verse 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. Lament 13-15; 2:12-14; Isaiah 22:12; 24:7-12; 32:11; Jeremiah 9:17-19; James 4:8,9; James 5:1 the husband Proverbs 2:17; Jeremiah 3:4; Malachi 2:15

Verse 9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. meat 13,16; 2:14; Hosea 9:4 the priests 2:17; Lamentations 1:4,16 the Lord's Exodus 28:1; 2 Chronicles 13:10; Isaiah 61:6

Verse 10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. field 17-20; Leviticus 26:20; Isaiah 24:3,4; Jeremiah 12:4,11; 14:2-6; Hosea 4:3 the new 5,12; Isaiah 24:11; Jeremiah 48:33; Hosea 9:2; Haggai 1:11 dried up or, ashamed.

Verse 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. ashamed Jeremiah 14:3,4; Romans 5:5 because Isaiah 17:11; Jeremiah 9:12

Verse 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. The vine Dr. Shaw observes, that in Barbary, in the month of June the locusts are no sooner hatched than they collect themselves into compact bodies, each a "furlong or more square; and marching directly after they are come to life, make their way towards the sea and let nothing escape them, eating up everything that is green or juicy; not only the lesser vegetables, but the vine likewise, the fig-tree, the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field." 10; Habakkuk 3:17,18 the pomegranate Numbers 13:23; Psalms 92:12; Song of Solomon 2:3; 4:13; 7:7-9 joy 16; Psalms 4:7; Isaiah 9:3; 16:10; 24:11; Jeremiah 48:3; Hosea 9:1,2

Verse 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. Gird 8,9; 2:17; Jeremiah 4:8; 9:10; Ezekiel 7:18 ye ministers 1 Corinthians 9:13; Hebrews 7:13,14 lie 2 Samuel 12:16; 1 Kings 21:27; Jonah 3:5-8 ye ministers Isaiah 61:6; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 6:4; 11:23 for 9; Leviticus 2:8-10; Numbers 29:6

Verse 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, Sanctify 2:15,16; 2 Chronicles 20:3,4 solemn assembly or, day of restraint. Leviticus 23:36; Nehemiah 8:18 the elders Deuteronomy 29:10,11; 2 Chronicles 20:13; Nehemiah 9:2,3 cry Jonah 3:8

Verse 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Alas 2:2; Jeremiah 30:7; Amos 5:16-18 the day of 2:1; Psalms 37:13; Isaiah 13:6-9; Ezekiel 7:2-12; 12:22-28; Zephaniah 1:14-18; Luke 19:41-44; James 5:9; Revelation 6:17

Verse 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? the meat 5-9,13; Amos 4:6,7 joy Deuteronomy 12:6,7,11,12; 16:10-15; Psalms 43:4; 105:3; Isaiah 62:8,9

Verse 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. seed Heb. grains. Genesis 23:16

Verse 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 20; 1 Kings 18:5; Jeremiah 12:4; 14:5,6; Hosea 4:3; Romans 8:22

Verse 19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. to thee Psalms 50:15; 91:15; Micah 7:7; Habakkuk 3:17,18; Luke 18:1,7; Philippians 4:6,7 the fire 2:3; Jeremiah 9:10; Amos 7:4 pastures or habitations.

Verse 20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. cry Job 38:41; Psalms 104:21; 145:15; 147:9 the rivers 1 Kings 17:7; 18:5

02 Chapter 2

Introduction 1 He shews unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment. 12 He exhorts to repentance; 15 prescribes a fast; 18 promises a blessing thereon. 21 He comforts Zion with present, 28 and future blessings.

Verse 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; Blow 15; Numbers 10:3,8; Jeremiah 4:5; Hosea 8:1 trumpet or, cornet. 1 Chronicles 15:28; Hosea 5:8 and sound Numbers 10:5-7,9; Ezekiel 33:3,6; Amos 3:6; Zephaniah 1:16 in my 3:17; Psalms 87:1; Daniel 9:16,20; Zephaniah 3:11; Zechariah 8:3 let Ezra 9:3,4; Psalms 119:120; Isaiah 66:2,5; Jeremiah 5:22; 16:7,10; Daniel 6:26; Philippians 2:12 for the 1:15; Isaiah 2:12; Ezekiel 7:5-7,10,12; 12:23; Amos 8:2; Obadiah 1:15; Malachi 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; James 5:8; 1 Peter 4:7

Verse 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. A day of darkness "The quantity of these insects," says a French author,"is incredible to all who have not themselves witnessed their astonishing numbers; the whole earth is covered with them for the space of several leagues. The noise they make in browsing on the trees and herbage may be heard at a great distance, and resembles that of an army in secret. Wherever their myriads spread, the verdure of the country disappears; trees and plants, stripped of their leaves and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured by them." 10,31; 3:14,15; Exodus 20:21; Psalms 97:2; Isaiah 5:30; 8:22; Jeremiah 13:16; Amos 5:18-20; Zephaniah 1:14,15; Hebrews 12:18; Jude 1:13 as Amos 4:13 a great 5,11,25; 1:6 there 1:2,3; Exodus 10:6,14; Daniel 12:1; Mark 13:19 many generations Heb. generation and generation. Deuteronomy 32:7; Psalms 10:6; *margins

Verse 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. fire 1:19,20; Psalms 50:3; Amos 7:4 the land Genesis 2:8; 13:10; Isaiah 51:3; Ezekiel 31:8,9 and behind 1:4-7; Exodus 10:5,15; Jeremiah 5:17; Zechariah 7:14

Verse 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Revelation 9:7

Verse 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. the noise Nahum 2:3,4; 3:2,3; Revelation 9:9 like the noise of a Isaiah 5:24; 30:30; Matthew 3:12 a strong

Verse 6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. all Psalms 119:83; Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 8:21; 30:6; Lamentations 4:8; Nahum 2:10 blackness Heb. pot.

Verse 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: They shall run In their progress, says Dr. Shaw, "they kept their ranks like men of war; climbing over every tree or wall that was in their way. Nay, they entered into our very houses and bedchambers, like so many thieves. Every effort of the inhabitants to stop them was unavailing; the trenches they had dug were quickly filled up, and the fires they had kindled extinguished, by infinite swarms succeeding each other." 2 Samuel 1:23; 2:18,19; Psalms 19:5; Isaiah 5:26-29 climb 9; 2 Samuel 5:8; Jeremiah 5:10 they shall march Proverbs 30:27

Verse 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. sword or, dart. 2 Chronicles 23:10; 32:5; *marg:; Nehemiah 4:17,23; Job 33:18; 36:12; Song of Solomon 4:13

Verse 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. enter Exodus 10:6; Jeremiah 9:21; John 10:1

Verse 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: earth Psalms 18:7; 114:7; Nahum 1:5; Matthew 27:51; Revelation 6:12; 20:11 the sun 2,31; 3:15; Isaiah 13:10; 34:4; Jeremiah 4:23; Ezekiel 32:7; Amos 5:8; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24,25; Luke 21:25,26; Acts 2:20; Revelation 8:12

Verse 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? utter 3:16; 2 Samuel 22:14,15; Psalms 46:6; Isaiah 7:18; 13:4; 42:13; Jeremiah 25:30; Amos 1:2 his army he is Jeremiah 50:34; Revelation 18:8 the day Jeremiah 30:7; Amos 5:18,20; Zephaniah 1:15 who Numbers 24:23; Nahum 1:6; Malachi 3:2; Revelation 6:17

Verse 12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: turn Deuteronomy 4:29,30; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Kings 8:47-49; 2 Chronicles 6:38,39; 7:13,14; Isaiah 55:6,7; Jeremiah 4:1; 29:12,13; Lamentations 3:40,41; Hosea 6:1; 12:6; 14:1; Zechariah 1:3,4; Acts 26:20 with fasting Judges 20:26; 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Chronicles 20:3,4; Nehemiah 9:1,2; Isaiah 22:12; Jonah 3:5-8; Zechariah 7:3,5; 12:10-14; James 4:8,9

Verse 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. rend Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent. 2 Kings 22:19; Psalms 34:18; 51:17; Isaiah 57:15; 66:2; Ezekiel 9:4; Matthew 5:3,4 your garments Genesis 37:29,34; 2 Samuel 1:11; 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 5:7; 6:30; 22:11; Job 1:20; Isaiah 58:5; Matthew 6:16-18; 1 Timothy 4:8 for Exodus 34:6,7; Numbers 14:18; Psalms 86:5,15; 145:7-9; Jonah 4:2; Micah 7:18; Romans 2:4; Romans 5:20,21; Ephesians 2:4 slow Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 103:8; Nahum 1:3; James 1:19,20 and repenteth Psalms 106:45; Jeremiah 18:7,8; Amos 7:2-6; Jonah 4:2

Verse 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Who Exodus 32:30; Joshua 14:12; 1 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Kings 19:4; Amos 5:15; Jonah 1:6; Jonah 3:9; Zephaniah 2:3; 2 Timothy 2:25 and leave Isaiah 65:8; Haggai 2:19; 2 Corinthians 9:5-11; *marg: even 1:9,13,16

Verse 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Blow 1; Numbers 10:3 sanctify 1:14; 1 Kings 21:9,12; 2 Kings 10:20; Jeremiah 36:9

Verse 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. sanctify Exodus 19:10,15,22; Joshua 7:13; 1 Samuel 16:5; 2 Chronicles 29:5,23,24; 30:17,19; 35:6; Job 1:5 assemble 1:14; Deuteronomy 29:10,11; 2 Chronicles 20:13; Jonah 3:7,8 let Zechariah 12:11-14; Matthew 9:15; 1 Corinthians 7:5

Verse 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? the priests 1:9,13 between 1 Kings 6:3; 2 Chronicles 8:12; Ezekiel 8:16; Matthew 23:35 and let Hosea 14:2 Spare Exodus 32:11-13; 34:9; Deuteronomy 9:16-29; Isaiah 37:20; 64:9-12; Daniel 9:18,19; Amos 7:2,5; Malachi 1:9 and give Psalms 44:10-14; 74:10,18-23; 79:4; 89:41,51; Ezekiel 36:4-7 that Nehemiah 9:36; Isaiah 63:17-19 rule over them or, use a byword against them. Deuteronomy 28:37; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Psalms 44:14 wherefore Numbers 14:14-16; Deuteronomy 32:27; Psalms 42:10; 79:10; 115:2; Ezekiel 20:9; Micah 7:10; Matthew 27:43

Verse 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. be Isaiah 42:13; Zechariah 1:14; 8:2 and pity Deuteronomy 32:16,36,43; Judges 10:16; Psalms 103:13,17; Isaiah 60:10; 63:9,15; Jeremiah 31:20; Lamentations 3:22; Hosea 11:8,9; Luke 15:20; James 5:11

Verse 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: I will send 24; 1:10; Isaiah 62:8,9; 65:21-24; Hosea 2:15; Amos 9:13,14; Haggai 2:16-19; Malachi 3:10-12; Matthew 6:33 and ye and I Ezekiel 34:29; 36:15; 39:29

Verse 20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. remove 2-11; 1:4-6; Exodus 10:19 the northern Jeremiah 1:14 the east Ezekiel 47:7,8,18; Zechariah 14:8 utmost Deuteronomy 11:24 his stink Ezekiel 39:12-16 because 2 Kings 8:13 done Heb. magnified to do.

Verse 21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Fear Genesis 15:1; Isaiah 41:10; 54:4; Jeremiah 30:9,10; Zephaniah 3:16,17; Zechariah 8:15 be glad Psalms 65:12,13; 96:11,12; 98:8; Isaiah 35:1; 44:23; 55:12; Hosea 2:21 for 20; Deuteronomy 4:32; 1 Samuel 12:16,24; Psalms 71:19; 126:1-3; Jeremiah 33:3

Verse 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. afraid 1:18-20; Psalms 36:6; 104:11-14,27-29; 145:15,16; 147:8,9; Isaiah 30:23,24; Jonah 4:11 for the pastures 1:19; Psalms 65:12; Isaiah 51:3 for the tree Leviticus 26:4,5; Psalms 67:6; 107:35-38; Ezekiel 34:26,27; 36:8,30,35; Hosea 14:5-7; Amos 9:14,15; Haggai 2:16; Zechariah 8:12; Malachi 3:10- 12 yield Genesis 4:12; 1 Corinthians 3:7

Verse 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. ye children Psalms 149:2; Lamentations 4:2; Zechariah 9:13; Galatians 4:26,27 rejoice Psalms 28:7; 32:11; 33:1; 95:1-3; 104:34; Isaiah 12:2-6; 41:16; 61:10; Habakkuk 3:17,18; Zephaniah 3:14-17; Zechariah 9:9; 10:7; Luke 1:46,47; Philippians 3:1,3; 4:4 the former, etc or, a teacher of righteousness. 28,29; Deuteronomy 32:2; Job 33:23; Psalms 72:6,7; Isaiah 30:21,23; Ephesians 4:8-11 moderately Heb. according to righteousness. he will. Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 11:14; 28:12; Proverbs 16:15; Jeremiah 3:3; Hosea 6:3; Zechariah 10:1; James 5:7,8 in Amos 4:7

Verse 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 3:13,18; Leviticus 26:10; Proverbs 3:9,10; Amos 9:13; Malachi 3:10

Verse 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. that 2-11; 1:4-7; Zechariah 10:6

Verse 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. ye shall Leviticus 26:5,26; Deuteronomy 6:11,12; 8:10; Nehemiah 9:25; Psalms 22:26; 103:5; Proverbs 13:25; Song of Solomon 5:1; Isaiah 55:2; 62:8,9; Micah 6:14; Zechariah 9:15,17; 1 Timothy 6:17 and praise Deuteronomy 12:7,12,18; 26:10,11; 1 Timothy 4:3-5 that 20,21; Genesis 33:11; Psalms 13:6; 72:18; 116:7; 126:2,3; Isaiah 25:1 and my Psalms 25:2,3; 37:19; Isaiah 29:22; 45:17; 49:23; 54:4; Zephaniah 3:11; Romans 5:5; Romans 9:33; 10:11; 1 John 2:28

Verse 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. I am 3:17; Leviticus 26:11,12; Deuteronomy 23:14; Psalms 46:5; 68:18; Isaiah 12:6; Ezekiel 37:26-28; Zephaniah 3:17; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3 that I Isaiah 45:5,18,21,22; 53:6; Ezekiel 39:22,28 and my 26; 1 Peter 2:6

Verse 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: that I Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 32:15; 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; John 7:39; Acts 2:16-18 upon Isaiah 40:5; 49:6; Zechariah 12:10; Luke 3:6; Acts 2:2-4,33,39; 10:44-47; Acts 11:15-18; 15:7,8 your daughters Isaiah 54:13; Acts 21:9; Galatians 3:28 dream Genesis 37:5-10; Numbers 12:6; Jeremiah 23:28

Verse 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11

Verse 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. I will Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:11,25,26; Acts 2:19,20; Revelation 6:12-17 pillars Genesis 19:28; Joshua 8:20; Judges 20:38,40; Song of Solomon 3:6; Revelation 18:9,18

Verse 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. sun 10; 3:1,15; Isaiah 13:9,10; 34:4,5; Matthew 24:29; 27:45; Mark 13:24,25; Luke 21:25; Revelation 6:12,13 the great Zephaniah 1:14-16; Malachi 4:1,5

Verse 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. Psalms 50:15; Jeremiah 33:3; Zechariah 13:9; Acts 2:21; Romans 10:11- 14; 1 Corinthians 1:2 for Isaiah 46:13; 59:20,21; Obadiah 1:17,21; John 4:22; Romans 11:26; Hebrews 12:22 and in Isaiah 10:22; 11:11,16; Jeremiah 31:7; Micah 4:6,7; 5:3,7,8; John 10:16; Acts 2:39; 15:17; Romans 8:28-30; 9:24,27; 11:5,7; 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14

03 Chapter 3

Introduction 1 God's judgments against the enemies of his people. 9 God will be known in his judgment. 18 His blessing upon the church. Verse 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, in those 2:29; Daniel 12:1; Zephaniah 3:19,20 when Deuteronomy 30:3; 2 Chronicles 6:37,38; Psalms 14:7; 85:1; Isaiah 11:11- 16; Jeremiah 16:15; 23:3-8; Jeremiah 29:14; 30:3,18; Ezekiel 16:53; 37:21,22; 38:14-18; 39:25,28,29; Amos 9:14

Verse 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. also Zephaniah 3:8; Zechariah 14:2-4; Revelation 16:14,16; 19:19-21; 20:8 the valley 12; 2 Chronicles 20:26; Ezekiel 39:11; Zechariah 14:4 will plead Isaiah 66:16; Ezekiel 38:22; Amos 1:11; Obadiah 1:10-16; Zechariah 12:3,4; Revelation 11:18; 16:6; Revelation 18:20,21 and parted Jeremiah 12:14; 49:1; Ezekiel 25:8; 35:10; Zephaniah 2:8-10

Verse 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 2 Chronicles 28:8,9; Amos 2:6; Obadiah 1:11; Nahum 3:10; Revelation 18:13

Verse 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; and what Judges 11:12; 2 Chronicles 21:16; 28:17,18; Acts 9:4 O Tyre Amos 1:6-10,12-14; Zechariah 9:2-8 will ye Ezekiel 25:12-17 swiftly Deuteronomy 32:35; Isaiah 34:8; 59:18; Jeremiah 51:6; Luke 18:7; 2 Thessalonians 1:6

Verse 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: ye 2 Kings 12:18; 16:8; 18:15,16; 24:13; 25:13-17; Jeremiah 50:28; 51:11; Daniel 5:2,3 into 1 Samuel 5:2-5 pleasant Heb. desirable. Daniel 11:38

Verse 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. have ye 3,8; Deuteronomy 28:32,68; Ezekiel 27:13 Grecians Heb. sons of the Grecians.

Verse 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: I will Isaiah 11:12; 43:5,6; 49:12; Jeremiah 23:8; 30:10,16; 31:8; 32:37; Ezekiel 34:12,13; 36:24; 38:8; Zechariah 10:6-10 and will 4; Judges 1:7; 1 Samuel 15:33; Esther 7:10; Matthew 7:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; James 2:13; Revelation 13:10; Revelation 16:6; 19:2

Verse 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. I will Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14; 4:2,9 your sons Isaiah 14:1,2; 60:14 Sabeans Job 1:15; Ezekiel 23:42 far off Jeremiah 6:20

Verse 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Proclaim Psalms 96:10; Isaiah 34:1; Jeremiah 31:10; 50:2 Prepare Heb sanctify. Ezekiel 21:21,22 wake Isaiah 8:9,10; Jeremiah 46:3,4; Ezekiel 38:7

Verse 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. your plowshares Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3; Luke 22:36 pruninghooks or, scythes. let. 2 Chronicles 25:8; Zechariah 12:8

Verse 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Assemble 2; Ezekiel 38:9-18; Micah 4:12; Zephaniah 3:8; Zechariah 14:2,3; Revelation 16:14-16; 19:19,20; Revelation 20:8,9 cause, etc or, the Lord shall bring down thy mighty ones. mighty. Psalms 103:20; Isaiah 10:34; 13:3; 37:36; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Revelation 19:14

Verse 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. valley 2,14; 2 Chronicles 20:26; Ezekiel 39:11; Zechariah 14:4; Psalms 2:8,9; 7:6; 76:8,9; 96:13; 98:9; 110:5,6; Isaiah 2:4; 3:13; Ezekiel 30:3; Micah 4:3; Revelation 19:11

Verse 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. the sickle Deuteronomy 16:9; Mark 4:29; Revelation 14:15,16 the harvest Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 6:11; Matthew 13:39 for the press Isaiah 63:3; Lamentations 1:15; Revelation 14:17-20 for their Genesis 13:13; 15:16; 18:20

Verse 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. multitudes 2; Isaiah 34:2-8; 63:1-7; Ezekiel 38:8-23; 39:8-20; Revelation 16:14-16; 19:19-21 decision or, concision. Philippians 3:2 or, threshing for. 2:1; Psalms 37:13; 2 Peter 3:7

Verse 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 2:10,31; Isaiah 13:10; Matthew 24:29; Luke 21:25,26; Revelation 6:12,13

Verse 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. roar 2:11; Isaiah 42:13; Jeremiah 25:30,31; Hosea 11:10; Amos 1:2; 3:8 and the heavens 2:10; Ezekiel 38:19; Haggai 2:6; Hebrews 12:26; Revelation 11:13,19; 16:18 hope Heb. place of repair, or, harbour. Psalms 18:2; 46:1-11; 61:3; 91:1,2; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 33:16,21; 51:5,6,16 and the strength 1 Samuel 15:29; Psalms 29:11; Zechariah 10:6,12; 12:5-8

Verse 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. shall ye 21; 2:27; Psalms 9:11; 76:2; Isaiah 12:6; Ezekiel 48:35; Micah 4:7; Zephaniah 3:14-16 my Daniel 11:45; Obadiah 1:16; Zechariah 8:3 Jerusalem Isaiah 4:3; Jeremiah 31:23; Ezekiel 43:12; Obadiah 1:17; Zechariah 14:20 holy Heb. holiness. there. Isaiah 35:8; 52:1; Nahum 1:15; Zechariah 14:21; Revelation 21:27

Verse 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. the mountains Job 29:6; Isaiah 55:12,13; Amos 9:13,14 and all Isaiah 30:25; 35:6; 41:17,18 flow Heb. go. and a. Psalms 46:4; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Zechariah 14:8; Revelation 22:1,2 the valley Numbers 25:1; Micah 6:5

Verse 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. Egypt Isaiah 11:15; 19:1-15; Zechariah 10:10; 14:18,19 Edom Isaiah 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jeremiah 49:17; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 25:1- 17; 35:1-15; Amos 1:11,12; Obadiah 1:1,10-14; Malachi 1:3,4 for Psalms 137:7; Jeremiah 51:35; Obadiah 1:10-16; 2 Thessalonians 1:6

Verse 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Judah Isaiah 33:20; Ezekiel 37:25; Amos 9:15 dwell or, abide.

Verse 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. will Isaiah 4:4; Ezekiel 36:25,29; Matthew 27:25 for the Lord or, even I the Lord that. 17; Ezekiel 48:35; Revelation 21:3