Joel 2:1

"Joel."

Key Reflection

The opening verses of Joel (Joel 2:1–3) invoke a sense of urgency and alarm, calling for a trumpet blast and an alert on the holy mountain as judgment approaches. This serves to prepare the audience for the prophetic message that follows, emphasizing both divine wrath and the need for repentance in light of impending calamity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Blow ye the trumpet -The trumpet was accustomed to sound in Zion, only for religious uses; to call together the congregations for holy meetings, to usher in the beginnings of their months and their solemn days with festival gladness. Now in Zion itself, the stronghold of the kingdom, the Holy City, the place which God chose to put His Name there, which He had promised to establish, the trumpet was to be used, only for sounds of alarm and fear. Alarm could not penetrate there, without having pervaded the whole land. With it, the whole human hope of Judah was gone.

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