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Scripture scholar James L. Crenshaw captures the ominous, yet hopeful spirit of Joel’s prophecy in his new translation and commentary. Joel’s prophecy has an unexpectedly familiar ring to it. The biblical book of Joel is relevant to our late-twentieth-century world because it confronts an age when people tolerated almost anything, did not want someone telling them how to live their lives, and...

occurs earlier in Joel 2:11, where YHWH’s day brought terror for Judah. Now Joel implies that other nations will undergo that same frightening experience, while God’s people will escape the divine fury this time. That promise is clearly stated in v 5 [32]. 3:5 [2:32] Henceforth. The verse begins with the verb “to be” in future tense (Qal perfect with conversive waw, “it shall be”), which I translate temporally, “henceforth.” The catastrophes lie in the past for Judah; awaiting those who worship YHWH
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