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Joel 2:20 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Joel 2:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joel chapter 2 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. hath: Heb. hath magnified to do”
Joel 2:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Joel 2:20
But I will remove far off from you the northern army (Hebrew ve'et-hatsephone archiq me'aleikhem)—God promises to drive away "the northern one." While this immediately refers to the locust swarm (which often came from the north), it prophetically points to future military invasions. Babylon, Assyria, and other enemies attacked Israel from the north (Jeremiah 1:14-15, 4:6, 6:1, Ezekiel 38:6, 15). The phrase encompasses both literal locusts and symbolic enemies—God will remove all threats to His people's security and prosperity.And will drive him into a land barren and desolate—the invading forc...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joel 2:20
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“that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea”
“and the stench of their dead bodies will come up; and the mountains will melt in their blood.”
“and Lebanon”
“I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword”
“between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead”
“which took up the locusts”
“the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left”
“that they may cleanse the land.”
“a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains”
“Out of the north evil shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.”