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1 The word of the Lord that came to aJoel the son of Pethuel. 

The Land Laid Waste

2 Hear this, you elders,
And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land!
aHas anything like this happened in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers? 
3 aTell your children about it,
Let your children tell their children,
And their children another generation. 
4 aWhat the chewing1 locust left, the bswarming locust has eaten;
What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten;
And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten. 
5 Awake, you adrunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
bFor it has been cut off from your mouth. 
6 For aa nation has come up against My land,
Strong, and without number;
bHis teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a1 fierce lion. 
7 He has alaid waste My vine,
And1 ruined My fig tree;
He has stripped it bare and thrown it away;
Its branches are made white. 
8 aLament like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For bthe husband of her youth. 
9 aThe grain offering and the drink offering
Have been cut off from the house of the Lord;
The priests bmourn, who minister to the Lord. 
10 The field is wasted,
aThe land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
bThe new wine is dried up,
The oil fails. 
11 aBe ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished. 
12 aThe vine has dried up,
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely bjoy has withered away from the sons of men. 

Mourning for the Land

13 aGird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God. 
14 aConsecrate a fast,
Call ba sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And call the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord. 
Commentaries:
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Joel 1:1

The word of the Lord that came to Joel - Joel, like Hosea, mentions the name of his father only, and then is silent about his extraction, his tribe, his family. He leaves even the time when he lived, to be guessed at. He would be known only, as the instrument of God. "The word of the Lord came to" him (see the note at Hosea 1:1), and he willed simply to be the voice which uttered it. He was "content to live under the eyes of God, and, as to people, to be known only in what concerned their salvation." But this he declares absolutely, that the Word of God came to him; in order that we may give faith to his prophecy, being well assured that what he predicted, would come to pass. So the Saviour Himself says, ""My words shall not pass away" Matthew 24:35. For truth admits of nothing false, and what God saith, will certainly be. For "He confirmeth the word of His servant, and performeth the counsel of His messengers" Isaiah 44:26. The prophet claimeth belief then, as speaking not out of his own heart, but out of the mouth of the Lord speaking in the Spirit." Joel signifies, "The Lord is God." It owns that God who had revealed Himself, is alone the God. The prophet' s name itself, embodied the truth, which, after the miraculous answer to Elijah' s prayer, all the people confessed, "The Lord He is the God, The Lord He is the God." Pethuel signifies, "persuaded of God." The addition of his father' s name distinguished the prophet from others of that name, as the son of Samuel, of king Uzziah, and others.


 
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