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Joel 2 — Sermon Preparation
A terrifying army is described as the day of the LORD approaches, then God calls for heartfelt repentance and promises to pour out his Spirit on all flesh. Below is a research summary for Joel 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 23
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Joel 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 10 | people, tribe |
| צִיּוֹן | Tsîyôwn | H6726 | 4 | Tsijon, capital |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 6 | give, put |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 5 | eat |
| עָצוּם | ʻâtsûwm | H6099 | 3 | powerful, numerous |
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 4 | fear, revere |
| הַר | har | H2022 | 4 | mountain, range |
How preachers through history handled this text
23 public-domain excerpts on Joel 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“15. Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 15. Clangite tuba in Sion, sanctificate jejunium, indicite conventum: 16. Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. 16. Colligite populum, sanctificate coetum, coedunate senes, colligite parvulos et sugentes ubera, et egrediatur sponsus e penetrali suo et sponsa e thalamo suo. 17. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Joel, Amos, Obadiah, on Joel 2:15–17 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Joel 2:1
- Great Sea— Joel 2:20
- Salt Sea— Joel 2:20
- Eden 1— Joel 2:3
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