And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered,.... Or "saved", as in Act 2:21; from those miseries and calamities before described, from the impending ruin and destruction of the city; and so it was, that those that believed in Christ, that were in the city, had an intimation of it beforehand, and removed from...
We said yesterday that the Prophet denounced future calamities, that he might thus stimulate men, distressed by many evils, to seek God: we indeed know how tardy we are by nature, except the Lord goads us continually. The subject, then, on which we discoursed yesterday tended to show, that as so many and so grievous calamities would press on the Jews, all would be miserable...
Peter settles the meaning for us: Pentecost fulfilled this word. The Spirit poured out then was no mere trickle as in the Old Testament days of judges and prophets, but a full stream, abundant and plentiful, the very gift the Prophet foretold for the last days of Messiah.
AI summary
Commenting on Joel 2:28-32