Joel
3 chapters · Old Testament · Berean Standard Bible
A locust plague becomes a megaphone. Joel calls the people back to God and promises that the Spirit will be poured out on everyone.
Chapters
A devastating locust plague — wave after wave — strips the land bare. Joel calls the people to mourn, fast, and cry out to God. The priests should weep between the porch and altar. The day of the Lord is near, and even the animals groan.
The locust army becomes an image of the Day of the Lord — darkness and gloom, a powerful people like the dawn. Yet God calls: rend your heart, not your garments. He promises restoration, rains, and His Spirit poured out on ALL flesh — sons, daughters, old, young, servants. Peter quotes this at Pentecost.
God gathers all nations to the Valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment. Beat your plowshares into swords — the reverse of Isaiah's peace vision — for this is war. The nations are judged, Jerusalem becomes holy, and God dwells in Zion forever.
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