Joel 2:32

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Ein Heer von Heuschrecken Stoßt in die Posaune zu Zion und blaset Lärm auf meinem heiligen Berge, daß alle Bewohner des Landes erzittern; denn der Tag des Herrn kommt, er ist nahe, ein finsterer und dunkler Tag, ein bewölkter und neblichter Tag. Wie Morgenrot breitet sich über die Berge aus ein großes, mächtiges Volk, desgleichen von Ewigkeit her nicht gewesen ist und auch in künftigen Zeiten nicht mehr sein wird. Fressendes Feuer geht vor ihm her und hinter ihm her eine lodernde Flamme: ist das Land wie der Garten Eden vor ihm gewesen, hinter ihm ist es eine öde Wüste; und man kann ihm nicht entrinnen! Wie Rosse sehen sie aus, und wie Reiter rennen sie. Wie rasselnde Kriegswagen kommen sie über die Berge her, wie eine Feuerflamme, welche prasselnd das Stroh verzehrt, gleich einem mächtigen Heer, das zum Kampf gerüstet ist. Vor ihm erzittern die Völker, alle Angesichter verfärben sich. Wie Helden laufen sie, wie Krieger ersteigen sie die Mauer, jeder geht seines Weges, und keiner kreuzt des andern Pfad. Keiner drängt den andern, jeder geht seine eigene Bahn; zwischen die Lanzen stürzen sie sich und lassen sich nicht aufhalten. Sie laufen in die Stadt, rennen auf der Mauer, erklimmen die Häuser, steigen wie Diebe zum Fenster hinein. Vor ihnen erbebt die Erde, der Himmel zittert, Sonne und Mond kleiden sich in Trauer, und die Sterne verlieren ihren Schein. Und der Herr läßt seine Stimme hören vor seinem Kriegsvolk her; denn sehr groß ist sein Heerlager und gewaltig sind, die seinen Befehl vollstrecken. Ja, groß ist der Tag des Herrn und sehr schrecklich; wer kann ihn ertragen? Doch auch jetzt noch, spricht der Herr , kehret euch zu mir von ganzem Herzen mit Fasten, mit Weinen, mit Klagen! Zerreißet eure Herzen und nicht eure Kleider und kehret zurück zu dem Herrn , eurem Gott; denn er ist gnädig und barmherzig, langmütig und von großer Gnade und läßt sich des Übels gereuen. Wer weiß, ob es ihn nicht wieder reuen, und ob er nicht einen Segen zurücklassen wird, Speis- und Trankopfer für den Herrn , euren Gott? Stoßt in die Posaune zu Zion, heiligt ein Fasten, beruft eine allgemeine Versammlung! Versammelt das Volk, heiligt die Gemeinde, bringt die Ältesten herbei, versammelt die Kindlein und die Säuglinge; der Bräutigam gehe aus seiner Kammer und die Braut aus ihrem Gemach! Zwischen der Halle und dem Altar sollen die Priester, des Herrn Diener, weinen und sagen: Herr , habe Mitleid mit deinem Volk und gib dein Erbteil nicht der Beschimpfung preis, daß die Heiden über sie spotten! Warum soll man unter den Völkern sagen: Wo ist nun ihr Gott? Da eiferte der Herr für sein Land und hatte Mitleid mit seinem Volk. Und der Herr antwortete und sprach zu seinem Volk: Siehe, ich sende euch Korn, Most und Öl, daß ihr davon satt werden sollt, und ich will euch nicht mehr der Beschimpfung unter den Heiden preisgeben; sondern ich will den von Norden [Kommenden] ferne von euch treiben und ihn verstoßen in ein dürres und wüstes Land, seinen Vortrab ins östliche Meer und seine Nachhut ins westliche Meer, und sein Gestank soll aufsteigen und sein Modergeruch sich erheben; denn er hat großgetan! Fürchte dich nicht, o Land, sondern frohlocke und freue dich; denn der Herr hat Großes getan! Fürchtet euch nicht, ihr Tiere des Feldes; denn die Auen der Wüste sollen grünen, und die Bäume sollen ihre Früchte tragen, der Weinstock und der Feigenbaum, so viel sie nur können. Und ihr Kinder Zions, frohlocket und freuet euch über den Herrn , euren Gott; denn er hat euch den Frühregen in rechtem Maß gegeben und Regengüsse, Frühregen und Spätregen, am ersten [Tage] zugesandt. Und es sollen die Tennen voll Korn werden und die Keltern von Most und Öl überfließen. Also will ich euch die Jahre wiedererstatten, deren Ertrag der Nager, die Heuschrecke, der Fresser und der Verwüster verzehrt haben, - mein großes Kriegsheer, welches ich gegen euch gesandt habe; und ihr sollt genug zu essen haben und satt werden und den Namen des Herrn , eures Gottes, loben, der wunderbar an euch gehandelt hat, und mein Volk soll nicht zuschanden werden ewiglich! Und ihr sollt erfahren, daß ich in Israels Mitte bin und daß ich, der Herr , euer Gott bin und keiner sonst; und mein Volk soll nimmermehr zuschanden werden!

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Lutherbible (1912)
Und es soll geschehen, wer des HERRN Namen anrufen wird, der soll errettet werden. Denn auf dem Berge Zion und zu Jerusalem wird eine Errettung sein, wie der HERR verheißen hat, auch bei den andern übrigen, die der HERR berufen wird.

Bible Verse Review
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that: Psalms 50:15, Jeremiah 33:3, Zechariah 13:9, Acts 2:21, Romans 10:11-14, 1 Corinthians 1:2

for: Isaiah 46:13, Isaiah 59:20, Isaiah 59:21, Obadiah 1:17, Obadiah 1:21, John 4:22, Romans 11:26, Hebrews 12:22

and in: Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 11:16, Jeremiah 31:7, Micah 4:6, Micah 4:7, Micah 5:3, Micah 5:7, Micah 5:8, John 10:16, Acts 2:39, Acts 15:17, Romans 8:28-30, Romans 9:24, Romans 9:27, Romans 11:5, Romans 11:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:26 - Enos Genesis 12:8 - called Psalms 87:2 - The Lord Psalms 105:1 - call Isaiah 1:9 - a very Isaiah 4:2 - them that are escaped Jeremiah 8:19 - the Lord Amos 9:8 - saving Micah 7:18 - the remnant Zechariah 13:8 - but Zechariah 14:16 - that every Acts 7:59 - calling Acts 26:6 - the promise Romans 10:13 - whosoever Revelation 14:1 - mount

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered,.... Or "saved", as in Acts 2:21; from those miseries and calamities before described, from the impending ruin and destruction of the city; and so it was, that those that believed in Christ, that were in the city, had an intimation of it beforehand, and removed from thence to a place called Pella w, and so escaped being involved in the common calamity: though this also may be understood of a spiritual deliverance and salvation by Christ, from sin, Satan, and the world, and from the second death, and wrath to come, and out of the hands of every enemy; which such share in who call on the name of the Lord, pray to him for grace and mercy, life and salvation, through Christ; that have a spiritual knowledge of God in Christ, real and sincere desires after him, and trust and confidence in him, which this phrase supposes; and which also includes the whole worship of God, internal and external, performed in a spiritual and evangelical manner; see Romans 10:13;

for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said; either by this prophet, or some others before him; see

Psalms 14:7; this cannot be understood literally of Mount Zion and Jerusalem, unless it be of deliverance out of it; not in it, for Jerusalem was the seat of blood, confusion, and distress; but mystically of the church of Christ, often called Zion and Jerusalem,

Hebrews 12:22; hither the deliverer came, here he is, and to be seen; from hence the word of the Lord came, the Gospel of salvation, which proclaims deliverance to the captives; here it is to be heard, met with, and found, Isaiah 2:3;

and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call; not merely externally, by the outward ministry of the word; but internally, according to his purpose, and by his grace, powerfully and effectually, to the special blessings of grace here, and eternal glory hereafter: these are the remnant according to the election of grace; the little flock to whom God gives the kingdom; the few that enter in at the strait gate; the little city, and few men in it, delivered by the poor wise man; these share in the deliverance of Zion, and shall be certainly and completely saved, with an everlasting salvation. This may respect not only the remnant, or a small number of the Jews that believed in Christ, upon his first coming, and the preaching of the Gospel by his apostles, but the call and conversion of them in the latter day; which sense connects the words better with the following chapter.

w Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 3. c. 5. p. 75.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord - To call upon the name of the Lord, is to worship Him, as He is, depending “upon” Him. “The name of the Lord,” expresses His True Being, That which He is. Hence, so often in Holy Scripture, people are said to “call on the Name of the Lord,” to bless the Name of the Lord, to praise the Name of the Lord, to sing praises to His Name, to make mention of His Name, to tell of His Name, to know His Name” but it is very rarely said “I will praise the Name of God” (Psalms 69:31; Hebrew), for the Name rendered “the Lord,” expresses that He is, and that He Alone is, the Self-Same, the Unchangeable; the name rendered “God” is not the special Name of God. Hence, as soon as people were multiplied and the corrupt race of Cain increased, people “began,” after the birth of Enos, the son of Seth, “to call upon the Name of the Lord” Genesis 4:26, i. e., in public worship. Abraham’s worship, in the presence of the idolatries of Canaan, is spoken of, under the same words, “he called upon the Name of the Lord” Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:4; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 26:25. Elijah says to the prophets of Baal, “call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the Name of the Lord” 1 Kings 18:24. Naaman the Pagan says of Elisha, “I thought that he would come out to me, and stand and call on the Name of the Lord his God” 2 Kings 5:11. Asaph and Jeremiah pray God; “Pour out Thy wrath upon the pagan that have not known Thee, and upon the kingdom (families Jerome) which have not called upon Thy Name” Psalms 79:6; Jeremiah 10:25; and Zephaniah fortells the conversion of the Pagan, “that they may all call upon the Name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent” Zephaniah 3:9.

To “call” then “upon the Name of the Lord” implies right faith to call upon Him as He is; right trust in Him, leaning upon Him; right devotion, calling upon Him as He has appointed; right life, ourselves who call upon Him being, or becoming by His Grace, what lie wills. They “call” not “upon the Lord,” but upon some idol of their own imagining, who call upon Him, as other than He has revealed Himself, or remaining themselves other than those whom He has declared that He will hear. For such deny the very primary attribute of God, His truth. “Their” God is not a God of truth. But whosoever shall in true faith and hope and charity have in this life worshiped God, “shall be delivered,” i. e., out of the midst of all the horrors of that Day, and the horrible damnation of the ungodly. The “deliverance” is by way of “escape” (for such is the meaning of the word , “he shall be made to escape, slip through” (as it were) perils as imminent as they shall be terrible. Our Lord uses the like word of the same Day, “Watch ye therefore and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man” Luke 21:36. Those who so call upon Him in truth shall be heard in that day, as He says, “Ask and it shall be given you; Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it you” Matthew 7:7; John 16:23.

: “That calling on God whereon salvation depends, is not in words only, but in heart and in deed. For what the heart believeth, the mouth confesseth, the hand in deed fulfilleth, The Apostle saith, “No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit” 1 Corinthians 12:3; yet this very “saying” must be weighed not by words, but by the afflictions. Whence, we read of Samuel, “And Samuel among those who call upon His Name,” and of Moses and Aaron, “These called upon the Lord, and He heard them” Psalms 99:6.

For in Mount Zion ... shall be deliverance - Repentance and remission of sins” were to “be preached in the Name” of Jesus, “in all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” Luke 24:47. “There” was, under the Old Testament, the center of the worship of God; there was the Church founded; thence it spread over the whole world. “The place,” “whither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord” Psalms 122:4, where God had set His Name, where alone sacrifice could lawfully be offered, stands, as elsewhere, for the whole Church. Of that Church, we are in Baptism all made members, when we are made members of Christ, children of God, and heirs of heaven. Of that Church all remain members, who do not, by viciousness of life, or rejecting the truth of God, cast themselves out of it. They then are members of the soul of the Church, who, not being members of the visible communion and society, know not, that in not becoming members of it, they are rejecting the command of Christ, to whom by faith and love and in obedience they cleave. And they, being members of the “body” or visible commumion of the Church, are not members of the “soul” of the Church, who, amid outward profession of the faith, do, in heart or deeds, deny Him whom in words they confess. The deliverance promised in that Day, is to those who, being in the body of the Church, shall by true faith in Christ and fervent love to Him belong to the soul of the Church also, or who, although not in the body of the Church shall not, through their own fault, have ceased to be in the body, and shall belong to its soul, in that through faith and love they cleave to Christ its Head.

As the Lord hath said - By the prophet Joel himself. This which he had said, is not man’s word, but God’s; and what God had said, shall certainly be. They then who have teared and loved God in this their day, shall not need to fear him in that Day, for He is the Unchangeable God; as our Blessed Saviour says; “heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away” Mark 13:31. God had said of both Jews and Gentiles, united in one; “Rejoice, O ye nations, with His people, for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and will render vengeance to His adversaries, and will be merciful to His land and unto His people” Deuteronomy 32:43.

And in the remnant - While foretelling His mercies in Christ, God foretells also, that “few they be that find them” Matthew 7:14. It is evermore “a remnant, a residue, a body which escapes;” and so here, the mercies should be fulfilled, literally, “in the fugitives,” in those who flee from the wrath to come. All prophecy echoes the words of Joel; all history exemplifies them. Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, all foretell with one voice, that a remnant, and a “remnant” only, shall be left. In those earlier dispensations of God, in the flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; in His dealings with Israel himself at the entrance into the promised land, the return from the captivity, the first preaching of the Gospel, the destruction of Jerusalem, “a remnant” only was saved. It is said in tones of compassion and mercy, that “a remnant should be saved. The remnant should return, the remnant of Jacob, to the Mighty God” (Isaiah 10:20; add Isaiah 10:21-22; Isaiah 6:9-13, etc.). “The Lord of hosts shall be for a crown of glory to the residue of His people” Isaiah 28:5. “The Lord shall set His Hand to recover the remnant of His people which shall be left” (Isaiah 11:11, add 16). “I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries whither I have driven them” Jeremiah 23:3. “Publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save Thy people, the remnant of Israel” Jeremiah 31:7. “Yet I will leave a remnant, that ye may have some that escape the sword among the nations” Ezekiel 6:8. “Therein shall be left a remnant which shall be brought forth” Ezekiel 14:22. “I will surely gather the remnant of Israel” (Micah 2:12; add Micah 4:7 : Micah 5:3, Micah 5:7-8). “Who is a God like Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?” Micah 7:18. “The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity” (Zephaniah 3:13; add Zephaniah 2:9). “The residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city” Zechariah 14:2. It is then a summary of the declarations of the prophets, when Paul says, “Even so, at this present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded” Romans 11:5, Romans 11:7. And so the prophet says here;

Whom the Lord shall call - He had said before, “whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be delivered.” Here he says, that they who should “so call on God,” shall themselves have been first “called by God.” So Paul, “to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:2. It is all of grace. God must first call by His grace; then we obey His call, and call upon Him; and He has said, “call upon Me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me” Psalms 50:15. God accounts our salvation His own glory.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joel 2:32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord — כל אשר יקרא בשם יהוה col asher yikra beshem Yehovah, "All who shall invoke in the name of Jehovah." That CHRIST is the Jehovah here mentioned appears plain from Romans 10:13-15, where the reader had better consult the notes. "This refers," says Bp. Newcome, "to the safety of the Christians during the Jewish and the Roman war." It may: but it has a much more extensive meaning, as the use of it by St. Paul, as above, evidently shows. Every man who invokes Jehovah for mercy and salvation by or in the name, JESUS-that very name given under heaven among men for this purpose-shall be saved. Nor is there salvation in any other; and those who reject him had better lay these things to heart before it be too late.

For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem — Our blessed Lord first began to preach the Gospel in Mount Zion, in the temple, and throughout Jerusalem. There he formed his Church, and thence he sent his apostles and evangelists to every part of the globe: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." Of the Jews there was but a remnant, a very small number, that received the doctrine of the Gospel, here termed the remnant that the Lord should call; קרא kore, whom he calleth. Many were called who would not obey: but those who obeyed the call were saved; and still he delivers those who call upon him; and he is still calling on men to come to him that they may be saved.