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.
What does Joel 2:25 mean?
The priests and rulers are to appoint a solemn fast. The sinner's supplication is, Spare us, good Lord.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Joel 2:23-27 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Joel 2:25
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten - The order in which these destroyers are named not being the same as before, it is plain that the stress is not on the order, but on the successiveness of the inroads, scourge after scourge. It is plain too that they did not come in the same year, or two years, but year after year, for he says, not "year," but in the plural, "years." The locusts, although not the whole plague, intended, are not excluded.
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Context in Joel 2
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Joel 2 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as restoration and the Spirit. Joel moves from agricultural disaster to liturgical repentance, then toward the day of the Lord and the outpouring of the Spirit. Read this chapter with the wider themes of repentance, day of the Lord, and Spirit in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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