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A Spiritual Alarm Clock
Commentators explain that the trumpet, normally used for festivals in Zion, is here used for a spiritual alarm. Its blast from God's "holy mountain" signifies that judgment begins with His own people. This serves as a timeless principle for the Church: God's warnings are a call to wake up and respond with genuine, heartfelt repentance, not just outward ceremony.
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Joel
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Albert Barnes
On Joel 2:1
18th Century
Theologian
Blow you the trumpet - The trumpet was accustomed to sound in Zion only for religious uses: to call together the congregations for holy meet…
Charles Ellicott
On Joel 2:1
19th Century
Bishop
Blow ye the trumpet.— The preaching of the prophet increases in its intensity. Behind the locusts, exemplified by them, t…
John Calvin
On Joel 2:1–11
16th Century
Theologian
This chapter contains serious exhortations, mixed with threatenings; but the Prophet threatens for the purpose of correcting the indifference of th…
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John Gill
On Joel 2:1
17th Century
Pastor
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy
mountain
This is spoken t…
Matthew Henry
On Joel 2:1–14
17th Century
Minister
The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal consequences of s…