Joel 2:20

But I will remove far off from you the northern [army], + 2:20 i.e., army of locusts 1 and will drive him into an eretz barren and desolate, 1 with his vanguard toward the eastern sea, + 2:20 i.e., Dead Sea 1 and his rearguard toward the western sea, + 2:20 i.e., Mediterranean Sea 1 and his stench and foul smell will go up. 1 Surely it hath done great things. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

In Context

19Yea, Hashem will answer and say unto His people: 1 Hineni, I am sending you dagan, and tirosh, and yitzhar, 1 and ye shall be satisfied therewith; 1 and I will no more make you an object of scorn among the Goyim; 1

21Fear not, O land; 1 be glad and rejoice; 1 for Hashem hath done great things. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 10:19And Hashem turned a west ruach chazak me'od, which took away the arbeh, and cast them into the Yam Suf; there remained not one arbeh in all the borders of Mitzrayim.

2 Kings 8:13And Chazael said, But what, is thy eved a kelev (dog), that he should do this davar hagadol (great thing)? And Elishah answered, Hashem hath showed me that thou shalt be Melech over Aram (Syria).

Isaiah 34:3Their slain also shall be cast out, 1 and their stench shall go up out of their pegarim (corpses), 1 and the harim shall be drenched with their dahm. 1

Ezekiel 39:12And seven months shall Bais Yisroel be burying them, that they may make ha'aretz tahor.

Ezekiel 47:18And the east side ye shall measure from Chavran, and from Damascus, and from Gil'ad, and from Eretz Yisroel by Yarden, from the boundary unto the eastern sea. + 47:18 Dead Sea And this is the east side.

Joel 2:2A day of choshech and of gloominess, 1 a day of anan (cloud) and of thick darkness, 1 as the shachar (dawn) spread upon the mountains; 1 an am rav (great people, army) and strong; 1 there hath not been ever the like, 1 neither shall be any more after it, 1 even to the years of dor v'dor. 1

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:19-28

Promise of Mercy. ( b. c. 720.) 18 Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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