The Lord Had Pity
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. Joel 2:25
And I will... Or I will recompense to you the years; give you fruitful ones, as a full compensation for those in which the locust ate up the fruits of the earth for some years running, the last 3 and ½ years of the tribulation.
שָׁלַם
shâlam
shaw-lam'
A primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively to be (causatively make) completed; by implication to be friendly; by extension to reciprocate (in various applications): - make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace (-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper (-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
the locust hath... The canker worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer worm" (see Joel 1:4).
אַרְבֶּה
'arbeh
ar-beh'
From H7235; a locust (from its rapid increase): - grasshopper, locust.
my great army... My great army which I sent among you (see Joel 2:11). The plague of locusts of Joel 1:4, which was symbolic of the armies of the nations that will make Israel desolate in the day of the Lord. Nicely summarizes the overriding theme of Joel 2:19-24. The effects of the locusts would be completely reversed. Speaking as though compelled by legal obligation; the Lord promised to repay (šillēm; cf. its use in Exo. 22:1; 2Kgs. 4:7) the nation for the crops which His great army of locusts (cf. Joel 1:4) had devoured.
And I will recompense unto you good years, instead of the years in which the people, nations, and tongues, the governors and kingdoms of vengeance, spoiled you, my great army which I sent among you.
my great...
גָּדֹל גָּדוֹל
gâdôl gâdôl
gaw-dole', gaw-dole'
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent: - + aloud, elder (-est), + exceeding (-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing, -er, -ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (´) very.
This is speaking of all that the locusts destroyed, being restored. God miraculously does it.
Again, Joel 2:25 nicely summarizes the overriding theme of Joel 2:19-24. The effects of the locusts would be completely reversed. Speaking as though compelled by legal obligation; the Lord promised to repay šillēm; cf. its use in Exo. 22:1; 2Kgs. 4:7) the nation for the crops which His great army of locusts (cf. Joel 1:4) had devoured.
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