Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Note the vast appearance that shall be in that great and solemn day. 1. The judgment day, that day of the Lord, has all along been looked upon, and spoken of, as "nigh at hand." We ought to be always ready for it. 2. The day of judgment will be a day of decision, when every man's eternal state will be determined, and the controversy that has been long depending between the kingdom of Christ and that of Satan shall he finally decided, and an end put to the struggle. The Chaldee calls it, "the valley of the distribution of judgment." Marg. has "valley of threshing," carrying on the figure of the harvest. 3. Innumerable multitudes will be gathered together to receive their final doom in that day. O what vast multitudes of sinners will Divine justice be glorified in the ruin of at that day! ( Matthew Henry.) Parallel Verses KJV: Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. |
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