Joel 3:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

These promises with which this prophecy concludes have their accomplishments in part in the kingdom of grace, and the comforts and graces of all the faithful subjects of that kingdom, but will have their full accomplishment in the kingdom of glory; for, as to the Jewish church, we know not of any event concerning that which answers to the extent of these promises, and what instances of peace and prosperity they were blessed with, which they may be supposed to be a hyperbolical description of,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness ,.... These two nations having been the implacable enemies of Israel, are here put for the future adversaries of the church of Christ, Pagan, Papal, and Mahometan; who will all be destroyed as such, and be no more: Rome is called, spiritually or mystically, Egypt, Revelation 11:8 ; and Edom is a name that well agrees with it, it signifying "red", as it is with the blood of the saints: and it is common, with the Jewish... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation - While peace, plenty, and prosperity of every kind, shall crown my people, all their enemies shall be as a wilderness; and those who have used violence against the saints of God, and shed the blood of innocents (of the holy Martyrs) in their land, when they had political power; these and all such shall fall under the just judgments of God. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:19

Verse 19 But he afterwards joins, that the Egyptians and Idumeans would be sterile and dry in the midst of this great abundance of blessings, for they were professed enemies to the Church. Hence God in this verse declares that they shall not be partakers of his bounty; that though all Judea would be irrigated, though it would abound in honeys milk, and wine, yet these would remain barren and empty; Mizraim, then, shall be a solitude, Edom shall be a desert of solitude. Why? Because of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

These verses picture Judah and Jerusalem as scenes of most abundant blessings, while Egypt and Edom are doomed to irretrievable barrenness and desolation. But, as the language must be understood figuratively, the prosperity of the Lord's laud is set in contrast with the countries of the world-powers; but the contrast includes, as we think, the allotments of eternity as well as the destinies of time. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The promise of plenty. These verses contain the concluding promises of the closing chapter of this book of Scripture. I. THERE IS THE PROMISE OF PLENTY . Some understand the whole of this verse as referring to spiritual blessings, especially in millennial times. "But though the prophecy belongs eminently to one time, the imagery describes the fulness of spiritual blessings which God at all times diffuses in and through the Church; and these blessings, he says, shall... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The millennium era. "And it shall come to pass in that day," etc. This passage begins with a splendid representation of the glorious prosperity which shall attend the people of God after the destruction of all their enemies. Whatever their application to the Jews at any period of their history, they certainly bear an application to that period foretold by prophets and sung by poets,—the millennial period. Giving it this application, observe— I. IT WILL BE AN ERA OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah . The curse of barrenness and utter desolation falls on the enemies of Judah—the nearer and the more remote—because of that very enmity and the violence which was its outcome. The Edomite enemies in the south revolted from Judah in the days of Jehoram; the Edomites compassed him in, and, by thus surrounding him, placed him in extreme peril; and though it is said he smote them, yet his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation - “Egypt” and “Edom” represent each a different class of enemies of the people of God, and both together exhibit the lot of all. Egypt was the powerful oppressor, who kept Israel long time in hard bondage, and tried, by the murder of their male children, to extirpate them. Edom was, by birth, the nearest allied to them, but had, from the time of their approach to the promised land, been hostile to them, and showed a malicious joy in all their calamities (Obadiah... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 3:19-20

Joel 3:19-20. Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom, &c. These two people were remarkable for the spite they bore to the Jews. The Egyptians were their oppressors when they first became a nation, and afterward exercised great cruelties upon them, during the reign of the Egyptian kings who were Alexander’s successors. The Idumeans are often reproved and threatened with judgments by the prophets, for the malice they took all occasions to vent against the Israelites, though nearly related... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 3:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 3:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 3:19-20

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