The Meaning of Joel 2:21 Explained

Joel 2:21

KJV: Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.

YLT: Do not fear, O land! joy and rejoice, For Jehovah hath exerted Himself to work.

Darby: Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for Jehovah doeth great things.

ASV: Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things.

Discover Joel 2:21

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Joel 2:21?

MEANING: What does Joel 2:21 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Joel 2:21 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Joel 2:21?

What is the context of Joel 2:21?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.

What does Joel 2:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Joel 2:12-27 - The Averting Of Judgment

To rend the garment is easy, but a broken and contrite heart can be imparted only by the grace of the Holy Spirit. The love of God should bring us to repentance. He takes no pleasure in our miseries and if men repent and turn from their sin they find an immediate and loving welcome to the Father's heart and home. Joel had called for the trumpet to announce war; he now directs the trumpet blast to summon the people, from the highest to the lowest, to plead for help. Prayer and true repentance and faith bring an immediate answer. As the husband yearns over his erring but repentant wife, and is indignant with those who have maltreated her, so will Jehovah remove from us, when we turn to Him, those who have cruelly oppressed us.

The great things Jehovah did against Egypt and Babylon are an earnest of what He will do again. The earth, Joel 2:21; the lower animals, Joel 2:22; and, above all, the children of Zion, literal and spiritual, Joel 2:23, have good reason to rejoice in what awaits them. God promises not only to forgive sin, but to make us happy and well provided as if the locust and cankerworm had never settled upon our lives. [source]

Chapter Summary: Joel 2

¹ He shows unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment
¹² He exhorts to repentance;
¹⁵ prescribes a fast;
¹⁸ promises a blessing thereon
²¹ He comforts Zion with present,
²⁸ and future blessings

What do the individual words in Joel 2:21 mean?

Not fear land Be glad and rejoice for marvelous things Yahweh has done

אַל־ תִּֽירְאִ֖י אֲדָמָ֑ה גִּ֣ילִי וּשְׂמָ֔חִי כִּֽי־ הִגְדִּ֥יל יְהוָ֖ה לַעֲשֽׂוֹת

תִּֽירְאִ֖י	fear
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person feminine singular Root: יָרֵא Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
אֲדָמָ֑ה	land
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: אֲדָמָה Sense: ground, land.
גִּ֣ילִי	Be glad
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, feminine singular Root: גִּיל Sense: to rejoice, exult, be glad.
וּשְׂמָ֔חִי	and rejoice
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, feminine singular Root: שָׂמַח Sense: to rejoice, be glad.
הִגְדִּ֥יל	marvelous things
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: גָּדַל Sense: to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things.
יְהוָ֖ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת	has done
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.

What are the major concepts related to Joel 2:21?

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