Joel 1:3

Joel 1:3

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.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Tell ye your children of it - In the order of God' s goodness, generation was to declare to generation the wonders of His love. "He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children, that the generation to come might know them, the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children that they might ... not forget the works of God" Psalms 78:5-7. This tradition of thankful memories God, as the Psalmist says, enforced in the law; "Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, but teach them thy sons and thy sons' sons" (Deuteronomy 4:9; add Deuteronomy 6:6-7; Deuteronomy 11:19). This was the end of the memorial acts of the ritual, that their sons might inquire the meaning of them, the fathers tell them God' s wonders Deuteronomy 6:20-24. Now contrariwise, they are, generation to generation, to tell concerning it, this message of unheard-of woe and judgment. The memory of God' s deeds of love should have stirred them to gratitude; now He transmits to them memories of woe, that they might entreat God against them, and break off the sins which entail them.

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Joel 1:3

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