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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:9

Verse 9 Here, in other words, the Prophet paints the calamity; for, as it has been said, we see how great is the slowness of men to discern God’s judgments; and the Jews, we know, were not more attentive to them than we are now. It was, therefore, needful to prick them with various goads, as the Prophet now does, as though he said, “If ye are not now concerned for want of food, if ye consider not even what the very drunkards are constrained to feel, who perceive not the evil at a distance, but... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:10

Verse 10 The Prophet goes on here with the same subject, and uses these many words to give more effect to what he said; for he knew that he addressed the deaf, who, by long habit, had so hardened themselves that God could effect nothing, at least very little, by his word. This is the reason why the Prophet so earnestly presses a subject so evident. Should any one ask what need there was of so many expressions, as it seems to be a needless use of words; I do indeed allow that all that the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:11

Verse 11 The Prophet says nothing new here, but only strengthens what he had said before, and is not wordy without reason; for he intends here not merely to teach, but also to produce an effect: And this is the design of heavenly teaching; for God not only wishes that what he says may be understood, but intends also to penetrate into our hearts: and the word of God, we know, consists not of doctrine only, but also of exhortations, and threatenings, and reproofs. This plan then the Prophet now... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:12

Verse 12 The Prophet now concludes his subjects which was, that as God executed judgments so severe on the people, it was a wonder that they remained stupefied, when thus reduces to extremities. The vine, he says, has dried up, and every kind of fruit; he adds the fig-tree, afterwards the רמון remun, the pomegranate, (for so they render it,) the palm, the apple-tree, (4) and all trees. And this sterility was a clear sign of God’s wrath; and it would have been so regarded, had not men either... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:5-8

The lessons taught by this calamity. The lessons which God intended to teach his people by the calamitous events here recorded are solemn as salutary. Among them may be reckoned the ends for which they were sent, the alarming extent of them, and the effects produced. I. THE ENDS OF THE CRUSHING CALAMITY THEN PRESSING ON THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH . 1 . It was designed to rouse them out of their sinful slumber. Previous intimations of Divine displeasure had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 1. The verb here, which is an ἅπαξ λεγόμενον , is (a) the ground, according to Aben Ezra; (b) naphshi , my soul, i.e. the prophet's address to himself; (c) the daughter of Zion, or virgin daughter of Zion; but (d) the congregation or people of Judah, as suggested in the Chaldee, is the real subject. 2. The mourning is of the deepest, bitterest kind, like that of a virgin for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:8-13

The consequence of such ruin and havoc is great and general lamentation. The drunkards were first called on in the preceding verses to mourn, for the distress came first and nearest to them. But now the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn; things inanimate, by a touching personification, join in the lamentation—the land mourneth; the husbandmen that till the ground mourn. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn . While all the inhabitants of the land are called to lament, and have abundant cause for lamentation, different classes of society are specified, and the grounds of their sorrow particularized. 1 . The meat offering and drink offering accompanied the morning and evening sacrifice, and that sacrifice, with its accompaniments, being an expression of gratitude to God by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

Religious privation. The old covenant was one especially characterized by human ministrations and external observances and solemnities. Apart from priests and sacrifices its purposes could not have been accomplished, and its witness to the world would have been unintelligible and vain. No wonder that to the Hebrew mind no prospect was more terrible than the cessation of public worship, of public offerings, of sacerdotal services. In the spiritual economy under which we live, the case is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9-13

The calamity has fallen upon all, and therefore the wail of woe proceeds from all. All classes are summoned to this sorrowful work; no office in the state is exempt; things animate and inanimate; priests and people—the Lord's priests who ministered at the altar, and the people to whom they ministered; the whole land and the fields into which it was partitioned; the tillers of the soil and the dressers of the vine. I. POVERTY TENDS TO THE DECAY OF PIETY . As a rule neither... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:5-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:8-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9-13

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