28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
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But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; …
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-32)The promises of corn, and wine, and oil, in the Joel 2:12-27, would be very acceptable to a wasted country; but here we are taught that we must not rest in those things. God has reserved some better things for us, and these verses have reference to those better things, both the kingdom of grace and the kingdom of glory, with the happiness of true believers in both. We are here told, I. How the kin…
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