The context of the prophecy was a disastrous combination of drought (v.10,12), wildfire (v.19), pests and invasion. In such a situation one would expect people to turn to God.
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 drought (v.10,12), wildfire (v.19), 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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