1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,
8 and to mourn.
14 He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.

word. Jer 1:2 Eze 1:3 Ho 1:1 2Pe 1:21

to. Ac 2:16

2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Hear. Ps 49:1 Isa 34:1 Jer 5:21 Ho 5:1 Am 3:1 4:1 5:1 Mic 1:2 Mic 3:1,9 Mt 13:9 Re 2:7

ye old. Job 8:8 12:12 15:10 21:7

Hath. 2:2 De 4:32-35 Isa 7:17 Jer 30:7 Da 12:1 Mt 24:21

3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Ex 10:1,2 13:14 De 6:7 Jos 4:6,7,21,22 Ps 44:1 71:18 78:3-8 Ps 145:4 Isa 38:19

4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

That which the palmer-worm hath left. Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm. 2:25 Am 4:9 The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, {gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil}, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See on

Ex 10:4

the locust eaten. Ex 10:12-15 De 28:38,42 1Ki 8:37 2Ch 6:28 7:13 Ps 78:46 105:34 Am 7:1 Re 9:3-7

the canker-worm eaten. Na 3:15-17

the caterpillar. Isa 33:4 Jer 51:14,27

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Awake. Isa 24:7-11 Am 6:3-7 Lu 21:34-36 Ro 13:11-14

weep. 11,13 Jer 4:8 Eze 30:2 Jas 5:1

for. Isa 32:10-12 Lu 16:19,23-25

6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

nation. 2:2-11,25 Pr 30:25-27

my. Ps 107:34 Isa 8:8 32:13 Ho 9:3

whose. Pr 30:14 Re 9:7-10

7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

laid. 12 Ex 10:15 Ps 105:33 Isa 5:6 24:7 Jer 8:13 Ho 2:12 Hab 3:17

barked my fig-tree. Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking.

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Lament. 13-15 2:12-14 Isa 22:12 24:7-12 32:11 Jer 9:17-19 Jas 4:8,9 Jas 5:1

the husband. Pr 2:17 Jer 3:4 Mal 2:15

9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.

meat. 13,16 2:14 Ho 9:4

the priests. 2:17 La 1:4,16

the Lord's. Ex 28:1 2Ch 13:10 Isa 61:6

10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

field. 17-20 Le 26:20 Isa 24:3,4 Jer 12:4,11 14:2-6 Ho 4:3

the new. 5,12 Isa 24:11 Jer 48:33 Ho 9:2 Hag 1:11

dried up. or, ashamed.

11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

ashamed. Jer 14:3,4 Ro 5:5

because. Isa 17:11 Jer 9:12

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

The vine. Dr. Shaw observes, that in Barbary, in the month of June the locusts are no sooner hatched than they collect themselves into compact bodies, each a furlong or more square; and marching directly after they are come to life, make their way towards the sea and let nothing escape them, eating up everything that is green or juicy; not only the lesser vegetables, but the vine likewise, the fig-tree, the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field.

10 Hab 3:17,18

the pomegranate. Nu 13:23 Ps 92:12 So 2:3 4:13 7:7-9

joy. 16 Ps 4:7 Isa 9:3 16:10 24:11 Jer 48:3 Ho 9:1,2

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Gird. 8,9 2:17 Jer 4:8 9:10 Eze 7:18

ye ministers. 1Co 9:13 Heb 7:13,14

lie. 2Sa 12:16 1Ki 21:27 Jon 3:5-8

ye ministers. Isa 61:6 1Co 4:1 2Co 3:6 6:4 11:23

for. 9 Le 2:8-10 Nu 29:6

14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

Sanctify. 2:15,16 2Ch 20:3,4

solemn assembly. or, day of restraint. Le 23:36 Ne 8:18

the elders. De 29:10,11 2Ch 20:13 Ne 9:2,3

cry. Jon 3:8

15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Alas. 2:2 Jer 30:7 Am 5:16-18

the day of. 2:1 Ps 37:13 Isa 13:6-9 Eze 7:2-12 12:22-28 Zep 1:14-18 Lu 19:41-44 Jas 5:9 Re 6:17

16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

the meat. 5-9,13 Am 4:6,7

joy. De 12:6,7,11,12 16:10-15 Ps 43:4 105:3 Isa 62:8,9

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

seed. Heb. grains. Ge 23:16

18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

20 1Ki 18:5 Jer 12:4 14:5,6 Ho 4:3 Ro 8:22

19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

to thee. Ps 50:15 91:15 Mic 7:7 Hab 3:17,18 Lu 18:1,7 Php 4:6,7

the fire. 2:3 Jer 9:10 Am 7:4

pastures. or habitations.

20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

cry. Job 38:41 Ps 104:21 145:15 147:9

the rivers. 1Ki 17:7 18:5