A chiasm is a literary structure where the words of the first section of a passage are repeated in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In Joel 2:26b-27 the emphasis is on the truth that when Israel is not put to shame it is an indication that God is in her midst (Joel 2:27)
The Chiasm of Joel 2:26b-27
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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