Matthew Poole and continuators on Joel 2:14

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?

None need be discouraged as if 'twere too late to seek and hope for mercy, God will pardon the truly penitent and deliver them from eternal miseries, and it is possible he may deliver from present temporal calamities also. If you obtain not all you would, you shall obtain enough to shew that it was worth your while to seek God.

God doth not locally move from one place to another, but when he withholds his blessings, the fruits of his favour he is said to withdraw himself, so when he gives out his blessings he is said to return.

Vid. ver. 13. h.

Cause the locusts to depart before they have eaten up all that is in the Land.

Vid. chap. 1. ver. 9. l[illegible: 1 letter]t. k.

Ibid. let. l.

Marginal references: Sam. 12.22. [illegible: 1 word] 5.15.; [illegible: 1 word] 3.9. [illegible: 1 word] 2.3. [illegible: 1 word] 1.9.