The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #198
198. Internal Meaning of Joel, Chapter 1
1-3 To all who are of the church. (2)
4 Falsity from the sensual man and afterwards evil therefrom has consumed all things of the church. (2, 15)
5-7 Let them repent, for evil from the sensual man has destroyed the different things of the church. (2)
8-13 Mourning over the destruction of the goods and truths of the church. (2)
14 Exhortation to be converted, (2)
15 and to reflect that thus will be the last time, when the Lord will come, (1)
16-17 and that everything of the church has been devastated; (3)
Joel 2:21-25
21
Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
22
Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
23
"Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
24
The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
