---
title: "Bullinger"
description: "For. Binding this portion to what immediately precedes.  behold. Figure of speech  Asterisms. App-6 .  in those days, &c. The prophecy, instead of co"
image: "/images/missing.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3"
---

**For.** Binding this portion to what immediately precedes.
**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterisms.* App-6 .
**in those days,** &c. The prophecy, instead of con tracting, widens out to the final judgment of the nations ([Matthew 25:31-46](../../../kjv/matthew/25/31-46) , "when the Son of Man shall come in His glory . . . and sit upon the throne of His glory"), There is no resurrection in this chapter or in that. Here we have the nucleus of the nations of [Revelation 21:24](../../../kjv/revelation/21/24) .
**bring again the captivity.** The idiom for restoring the fortunes of. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 30:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/3) ). App-92 , Compare [Job 42:10](../../../kjv/job/42/10) . [Psalms 126:1](../../../kjv/psalms/126/1) , [Psalms 126:4](../../../kjv/psalms/126/4) . [Ezekiel 16:53](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/53) , &c. [Amos 9:14](../../../kjv/amos/9/14) .

**I will also gather.** Compare [Zechariah 14:2-4](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/2-4) .
**all nations.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Whole), App-6 , for representatives or people from all nations.
**the valley of Jehoshaphat.** Between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. The name then existing is still preserved in the village of *Sh'afat;* now the *Wady Sidi Miriam* and *Wady Far'aun* . Mentioned only here, and in [Joel 3:12](../../../kjv/joel/3/12) ; the event recorded in [2 Chronicles 20:21-26](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/20/21-26) being typical of this scene of the future judgment of the nations. Note "to this day".
**Jehoshaphat** = Jehovah hath judged.
**will plead with them** = will judge them. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ) for emphasis. Hebrew. *yehoshaphat vnishpatti.* Compare [Isaiah 66:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/16) . [Ezekiel 38:22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/38/22) .
**My.** Note the force of this pronoun when Jehovah calls Israel again "Ammi" ([Hosea 2:23](../../../kjv/hosea/2/23) ). The judgment of [Matthew 25](../../../kjv/matthew/25) turns on how the nations had treated "My brethren", and not upon the grounds of justification by faith.
**My heritage.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/9) ). App-92 . Israel. Note this; not merely Judah, but the twelve-tribed nation.

**they have,** &c. This describes past sufferings. Compare [Obadiah 1:16](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/16) . [Nahum 3:11](../../../kjv/nahum/3/11) .
**wine** . Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .

**coasts** = circuit, or region.
**Palestine** = Philistia.
**render** = pay back. Compare [Ezekiel 25:15-17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/25/15-17)
**if** = though.

**pleasant things** = things of desire, or valuable things. Compare [Daniel 11:38](../../../kjv/daniel/11/38) .

**children** = sons.
**the Grecians** . Hebrew the sons of the Greeks.

**I will raise** , &c. Compare [Isaiah 43:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/5) , [Isaiah 43:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/6) , with Joe 49:12 .[Jeremiah 23:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/8) .

**Sabeans.** Defined as a distant nation. See note on [Job 1:15](../../../kjv/job/1/15) .
**people** = nations.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**Proclaim,** &c. Compare [Isaiah 8:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/9) , [Isaiah 8:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/10) . [Jeremiah 46:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/3) , [Jeremiah 46:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/4) .[Ezekiel 38:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/38/7) .
**Gentiles** = nations.
**Prepare** = Hallow.
**men.** Hebrew, plural of *'enosh* . App-14 .

**Beat your plowshares,** &c. This precedes the opposite command to be given after this in [Isaiah 2:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/4) and [Micah 4:3](../../../kjv/micah/4/3) , when [Hosea 2:18](../../../kjv/hosea/2/18) shall be fulfilled.
**pruninghooks** : or, scythes.

**Assemble yourselves.** Compare [Joel 3:2](../../../kjv/joel/3/2) . Hebrew ' *ushu* = haste ye, as in Septuagint and Vulgate. Occurs only here.
**heathen** = nations.
**thither.** To the valley of Jehoshaphat.
**Thy mighty ones.** Compare [Psalms 103:20](../../../kjv/psalms/103/20) . [Isaiah 13:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/3) .

**wakened.** Compare [Joel 3:2](../../../kjv/joel/3/2) .
**and come up.** Compare [Psalms 96:13](../../../kjv/psalms/96/13) ; [Psalms 98:9](../../../kjv/psalms/98/9) ; [Psalms 110:6](../../../kjv/psalms/110/6) . [Isaiah 2:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/4) ; [Isaiah 3:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/13) .[Micah 4:3](../../../kjv/micah/4/3) .
**there will I sit,** &c. See [Joel 3:2](../../../kjv/joel/3/2) .

**Put ye in the sickle.** Compare [Matthew 13:39](../../../kjv/matthew/13/39) . [Revelation 14:15](../../../kjv/revelation/14/15) , [Revelation 14:18](../../../kjv/revelation/14/18) .
**sickle** = vintage-knife. Heb *. maggal.* Occurs only here and [Jeremiah 50:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/50/16) .
**the harvest** = the vintage. Compare [Jeremiah 51:33](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/33) .[Hosea 6:11](../../../kjv/hosea/6/11) .
**get you down** = go in: i.e. into the winepress = tread ye.
**press.** Hebrew. *gath.*
**fats.** Hebrew. *yekeb* . See note en Joe 2:74 .
**their.** The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "the".
**wickedness.** Hebrew raa. App-44 .

**Multitudes.** Note the Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ), to express "great multitudes".
**decision** = threshing: i.e. judgment. Compare [Isaiah 41:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/15) .
**the day,** &c. Defining the time as well as the place. Compare [Joel 2:1](../../../kjv/joel/2/1) .

**The sun and the moon,** &c. Compare [Joel 2:10](../../../kjv/joel/2/10) , [Joel 2:31](../../../kjv/joel/2/31)

**The LORD** = But Jehovah. App-4 .
**roar out of Zion.** Compare [Jeremiah 25:30](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/30) . [Ezekiel 38:18-22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/38/18-22) .[Amos 1:2](../../../kjv/amos/1/2) .
**roar** = thunder.
**the heavens . . . shall shake.** Compare [Joel 2:10](../../../kjv/joel/2/10) [Haggai 2:6](../../../kjv/haggai/2/6) .
**but the LORD** . Compare [Isaiah 51:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/5) , [Isaiah 51:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/6) .
**hope** = refuge.
**strength** = stronghold.

**So shall ye know** , &c. Compare [Joel 2:27](../../../kjv/joel/2/27) . See note on [Ezekiel 6:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/7) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 .
**My holy mountain.** Compare [Daniel 11:45](../../../kjv/daniel/11/45) .[Obadiah 1:16](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/16) . [Zechariah 8:3](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/3) .
**holy** = holiness. See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**no strangers.** Compare [Isaiah 35:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/35/8) ; [Isaiah 52:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/1) .[Nahum 1:15](../../../kjv/nahum/1/15) .[Zechariah 14:21](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/21) .[Revelation 21:27](../../../kjv/revelation/21/27) .
**strangers** = foreigners.

**that day.** Compare [Joel 3:1](../../../kjv/joel/3/1) .
**mountains . . . hills.** Compare [Amos 9:13](../../../kjv/amos/9/13) .
**drop down** = distil.
**new wine** = sweet wine, or mead. Hebrew. *'asis.* App-27 .
**rivers.** Hebrew. *'aphikim. See* note on "channels", [2 Samuel 22:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/16) .
**Judah.** The country; not the People.
**a fountain,** &c. [Ezekiel 47:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/1) .[Zechariah 14:8](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/8) . [Revelation 22:1](../../../kjv/revelation/22/1) . See App-68 .
**Shittim** = the acacias. Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 33:49](../../../kjv/numbers/33/49) ). App-92 .

**violence against.** Genitive of Relation. App-17 . innocent blood. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 19:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/10) ; [Deuteronomy 27:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/25) ).

**dwell** = remain, or be established.

**cleanse . . . cleansed** = clear . . . cleared. This could be done only by avenging it; for God will "by no means clear the guilty" ([Exodus 34:7](../../../kjv/exodus/34/7) . [Numbers 14:18](../../../kjv/numbers/14/18) ); and Egypt, Edom, &c., were guilty ([Joel 3:19](../../../kjv/joel/3/19) ), and are not to be cleansed", but punished for shedding Judah's blood. The Hebrew *nakah is* not used of cleansing, naturally or ceremonially. Not the same word as [Isaiah 4:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/4/4) . The Septuagint and Syriac render it "make inquisition for" in [2 Kings 9:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/7) ; and evidently read *nakam =* to avenge (akin to *nakah).* This would be a vivid reference to Pent in [Deuteronomy 32:42](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/42) , [Deuteronomy 32:43](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/43) , the parallel event. Compare [Revelation 6:10](../../../kjv/revelation/6/10) , [Revelation 6:11](../../../kjv/revelation/6/11) .
**have not** = had not.
**dwelleth in Zion** = is about to make His dwelling in Zion. Thus ending like Ezekiel ([Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35) ), Jehovah Shammah. Compare [Joel 3:17](../../../kjv/joel/3/17) . [Psalms 87:3](../../../kjv/psalms/87/3) .[Revelation 21:3](../../../kjv/revelation/21/3) .

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes -  Joel 3"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes -  Joel 3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"For. Binding this portion to what immediately precedes.  behold. Figure of speech  Asterisms. App-6 .  in those days, &c. The prophecy, instead of co","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","name":"Commentaries"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel","name":"Joel"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joel/3","name":"3"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]}
```