Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Joel 3:16
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Joel3:16
16. (Compare Eze 38:18-22). The victories of the Jews over their cruel foe Antiochus, under the Maccabees, may be a reference of this prophecy; but the ultimate reference is to the last Antichrist, of whom Antiochus was the type. Jerusalem being the central seat of the theocracy (Psa 132:13), it is from thence that Jehovah discomfits the foe.
roar--as a lion (Jr 25:30; Am 1:2; 3:8). Compare as to Jehovah's voice thundering, Psa 18:13; Ha 3:10, 11.
Lord ... the hope of his people--or, "their refuge" (Psa 46:1).
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