Joel 2:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joel 2:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joel 2:3 is a verse from the book of Joel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joel 2:3 — KJV
“A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.”
— Joel 2:3 (KJV)
Joel 2:3 in Context — About the Book of Joel
Joel turns a devastating locust plague into a call for national fasting — then pivots to one of Scripture's greatest promises: I will restore the years the locusts have eaten, and afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Peter quoted it at Pentecost as fulfilled.
Cross-References for Joel 2:3
“I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:3: before, land, desolate
“So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. more...: or, desolate from the wilderness”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:3: land, desolate, wilderness
“And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:3: land, garden, eden
“And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:3: fire, flame, wilderness
“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:3: before, land, garden
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