Joel 2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.… A prophecy of national adversity, a call to national repentance, and a promise of national blessing, are the three great topics of Joel's prophetic ministry. The last is represented by the text. The adversity, the repentance, and the blessing indicate a Divine order. If there is reason to fear that days "of darkness and gloominess" are settling down upon our own land, let not the Israel of God despair; the "people" and the "elders" shall assemble before God; lift up the voice of penitential confession, and cry in faith; the vows of a covenanted land shall be remembered and renewed, and the light of God's countenance shall scatter the darkness. "Fear not, O land... the Lord will do great things." The great things of the Lord's doing comprehend the mission of the Saviour in the fulness of the time; the subsequent mission of His Holy Spirit; the millennial glory; and the final triumph of truth and righteousness in the world. Looking far beyond the intervening clouds of calamity and penitential sorrow, we behold a glory; and by faith we can hear from the distant future, in the trumpet-tongued voice of some messenger of the Lord, that consoling prophecy of the world's last resting-time of love. "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things." (T. Easton.) Parallel Verses KJV: Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.WEB: Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things. |
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