Joel 2:14 KJV — MannaFest

Joel 2:14

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

KJV

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ASV

Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?

WEB

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

YLT

Who knoweth--He doth turn back, Yea--He hath repented, And He hath left behind Him a blessing, A present and libation of Jehovah your God?

DBT

Who knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah yourGod?

About this book

Old Testament

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Joel — A locust plague, a call to return, and a promise of the Spirit poured out on all flesh — the text Peter will cite on the day of Pentecost.

Author: Joel son of Pethuel (1:1)
Date: Disputed — proposals range from 9th c. BC (early pre-exilic) to post-exilic 5th c. BC; the book itself is undated

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Cross-references

36 verses on the floor

Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Haggai 2:19
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Psalms 65:11
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Joel 1:9
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.

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A promise that, upon their repentance, God would remove the judgment, would repair the breaches made upon them by it, and restore unto them plenty of all good things,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Or, rather, it is expressed doubtfully because it is the removal of a temporal judgment that they here promise themselves, of which we cannot be so confident as we can that, in general, God is gracious and merciful.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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