Joel , Sarah Barry
RESTORATION AND RENEWAL
Passage: Joel 2:18~32  
Key verse: 28a
The Lord’s Answer
19 The Lord replied[a] to them:
“I am sending you grain, new wine(C) and olive oil,(D)
enough to satisfy you fully;(E)
never again will I make you
an object of scorn(F) to the nations.
20 “I will drive the northern horde(G) far from you,
pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench(H) will go up;
its smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things!
21 Do not be afraid,(I) land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.(J)
Surely the Lord has done great things!(K)
22 Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(L)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
the fig tree(M) and the vine(N) yield their riches.(O)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
rejoice(P) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.(Q)
He sends you abundant showers,(R)
both autumn(S) and spring rains,(T) as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflow(U) with new wine(V) and oil.
25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(W) have eaten(X)—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm[b]—
my great army(Y) that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(Z)
and you will praise(AA) the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders(AB) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(AC)
27 Then you will know(AD) that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lord(AE) your God,
and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.(AF)
The Day of the Lord28 “And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit(AG) on all people.(AH)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,(AI)
your old men will dream dreams,(AJ)
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants,(AK) both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.(AL)
30 I will show wonders in the heavens(AM)
and on the earth,(AN)
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(AO)
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(AP)
32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord(AQ) will be saved;(AR)
for on Mount Zion(AS) and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,(AT)
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors(AU)
whom the Lord calls.[c](AV)
28 “And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit(AG) on all people.(AH)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,(AI)
your old men will dream dreams,(AJ)
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants,(AK) both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.(AL)
30 I will show wonders in the heavens(AM)
and on the earth,(AN)
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(AO)
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(AP)
32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord(AQ) will be saved;(AR)
for on Mount Zion(AS) and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,(AT)
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors(AU)
whom the Lord calls.[c](AV)
Footnotes
Cross references
- Joel 2:18 : S Isa 26:11; Zec 1:14; 8:2
- Joel 2:18 : S Ps 72:13
- Joel 2:19 : Ps 4:7
- Joel 2:19 : S Jer 31:12
- Joel 2:19 : S Lev 26:5
- Joel 2:19 : S Eze 34:29
- Joel 2:20 : Jer 1:14-15
- Joel 2:20 : S Isa 34:3
- Joel 2:21 : S Isa 29:22; S 54:4; Zep 3:16-17
- Joel 2:21 : S Ps 9:2
- Joel 2:21 : S Ps 126:3; S Isa 25:1
- Joel 2:22 : S Ps 65:12
- Joel 2:22 : S 1Ki 4:25
- Joel 2:22 : S Nu 16:14
- Joel 2:22 : Joel 1:18-20; Zec 8:12
- Joel 2:23 : Ps 33:21; 97:12; 149:2; Isa 12:6; 41:16; 66:14; Hab 3:18; Zec 10:7
- Joel 2:23 : S Isa 45:8
- Joel 2:23 : S Job 36:28; S Eze 34:26
- Joel 2:23 : Ps 84:6
- Joel 2:23 : S Lev 26:4; S Ps 135:7; Jas 5:7
- Joel 2:24 : Lev 26:10; Mal 3:10
- Joel 2:24 : S Pr 3:10; Joel 3:18; Am 9:13
- Joel 2:25 : S Ex 10:14; Am 4:9
- Joel 2:25 : S Dt 28:39
- Joel 2:25 : S Joel 1:6
- Joel 2:26 : S Lev 26:5
- Joel 2:26 : S Lev 23:40; S Isa 62:9
- Joel 2:26 : S Ps 126:3; S Isa 25:1
- Joel 2:26 : S Isa 29:22
- Joel 2:27 : S Ex 6:7
- Joel 2:27 : S Ex 6:2; S Isa 44:8; Joel 3:17
- Joel 2:27 : Isa 45:17; 54:4; Zep 3:11
- Joel 2:28 : S Isa 11:2; S 44:3
- Joel 2:28 : S Nu 11:17; S Mk 1:8; Gal 3:14
- Joel 2:28 : S 1Sa 19:20
- Joel 2:28 : Jer 23:25
- Joel 2:29 : 1Co 12:13; Gal 3:28
- Joel 2:29 : S Eze 36:27
- Joel 2:30 : Lk 21:11
- Joel 2:30 : Mk 13:24-25
- Joel 2:31 : S ver 2; S Isa 22:5; S Jer 4:23; S Mt 24:29
- Joel 2:31 : S Joel 1:15; Ob 1:15; Mal 3:2; 4:1, 5
- Joel 2:32 : S Ge 4:26; S Ps 105:1
- Joel 2:32 : S Ps 106:8; Ac 2:17-21*; Ro 10:13*
- Joel 2:32 : S Isa 46:13
- Joel 2:32 : Ob 1:17
- Joel 2:32 : S Isa 1:9; 11:11; Mic 4:7; 7:18; S Ro 9:27
- Joel 2:32 : Ac 2:39
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1. The LORD's answer (18-27)
How did God respond when his people repented? What happens when we rend our hearts and return to him? He makes all things new again! God promised "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten..." and that is exactly what he did. He completely reversed all the damage caused by the locusts. He sent grain, new wine and olive oil. The trees bore their fruit again and the wild animals could frolic once more in lush green pastures. There is no one like our God! When we sincerely repent from our hearts and turn back to him, he restores us and makes our lives fruitful again.
2. God will pour out his Spirit (28-32)
God went far beyond restoring their material blessings. He promised to renew his relationship with his people in a way that was far grander than anything before. God says, "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people." It was this Spirit that filled Peter and the apostles on the day of Pentecost, and it is the same Spirit who lives in the hearts of those who have experienced new birth in Christ. Through his Spirit, God dwells in every believer. He is present with his people forever! Although the day of the LORD is coming, his people do not have to be afraid.
Prayer: Almighty Father, thank you for your everlasting love for all your people. Make us new again.
One Word: The LORD has done great things!