The Meaning of Joel 2:25 Explained

Joel 2:25

KJV: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

YLT: And I have recompensed to you the years That consume did the locust, the cankerworm, And the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, My great force that I did send against you.

Darby: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

ASV: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Joel 2:25?

MEANING: What does Joel 2:25 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Joel 2:25 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Joel 2:25?

What is the context of Joel 2:25?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

What does Joel 2:25 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Lord further promised that He would make up to His people what they had suffered because of the locust invasion (cf. Joel 1:4; Exodus 22:1; 2 Kings 4:7). The "years that the locusts had eaten" refers to the yield or produce of those years. Sin had resulted in covenant curses, but repentance would result in covenant blessings (cf. Deuteronomy 28-29).

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 2:25 mean?

So I will restore to you - the years that has eaten the swarming locust the crawling locust and the consuming locust and the chewing locust My army great which I sent among you

וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֤י לָכֶם֙ אֶת־ הַשָּׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה הַיֶּ֖לֶק וְהֶחָסִ֣יל וְהַגָּזָ֑ם חֵילִי֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי בָּכֶֽם

וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֤י	So I will restore
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular Root: שָׁלֵם Sense: .
לָכֶם֙	to you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַשָּׁנִ֔ים	the years
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
אֲשֶׁר֙	that
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
אָכַ֣ל	has eaten
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה	the swarming locust
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אַרְבֶּה Sense: a kind of locust, locust swarm (coll).
הַיֶּ֖לֶק	the crawling locust
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יֶלֶק Sense: young locust (early stage of development).
וְהֶחָסִ֣יל	and the consuming locust
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חָסִיל Sense: locust.
וְהַגָּזָ֑ם	and the chewing locust
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: גָּזָם Sense: locusts.
חֵילִי֙	My army
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: חֵיל Sense: rampart, fortress, wall.
הַגָּד֔וֹל	great
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: גָּבֹול Sense: great.
שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי	I sent
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular Root: שָׁלַח Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
בָּכֶֽם	among you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural

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