1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Joel 2:28

And it shall come to pass after this, *that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Isaias 44:3.; Acts 2:17.

After. From this verse to the end the prophet speaks of the times succeeding the captivity, and more especially of the propagation of the gospel. The enemies of God's people shall be destroyed, (chap. 3:1.) which seems to refer to Cambyses, Ezechiel xxxviii. (Calmet) --- My spirit. This plainly foretells the coming of the Holy Ghost, Acts 2:(Worthington) --- The Jews never had such a multitude of prophets after the captivity as the Church had, 1 Corinthians 14:24. What relates to them was only a shadow of what would befall true believers.