This verse conveys the horror of the Day of the Lord. Presumably this is what john the Baptist expected Jesus to initiate. Amos 5:18 repeats this warning.
cf. Exodus 34:6=7, Numbers 14:18, Psalm 86:15, Matthew 5:2f. These verses are traditionally read on Ash Wednesday, and people are expected to respond by having a cross drawn on their foreheads with the ashes of last year's palm crosses, and the minister then reads Psalm 51:17.
Commentary
1:4–7The context of the prophecy was a disastrous combination of pests and invasion. In such a situation one would expect people to turn to God.
1:12cf. Matthew 21:19, Mark 11:12–21f.
1:15This verse conveys the horror of the Day of the Lord. Presumably this is what john the Baptist expected Jesus to initiate. Amos 5:18 repeats this warning.
2:1See Appendix 2: Trumpet.
2:10cf. Mark 13:24
2:11–12cf. Isaiah 42:13–25.
2:12–13cf. Exodus 34:6=7, Numbers 14:18, Psalm 86:15, Matthew 5:2f. These verses are traditionally read on Ash Wednesday, and people are expected to respond by having a cross drawn on their foreheads with the ashes of last year's palm crosses, and the minister then reads Psalm 51:17.
2:28–29See comment on Jeremiah 31:31. These verses were quoted by Peter in Acts 2:17–21. Water: see comment on Isaiah 44:3.
2:29This prophecy was fulfilled Acts 16:16–17.
3:4cf. Mark 13:24
3:10cf. Revelation 14:16–18.
3:15cf. Mark 13:24
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