Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 1:2-20
II. A PAST DAY OF THE LORD: A LOCUST INVASION 1:2-20The rest of chapter 1 describes the effects of a severe locust plague that had recently destroyed the agriculture of the land. read more
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 1:5-13
B. A call to mourn 1:5-13Joel called on four different entities to mourn the results of the locust invasion: drunkards (Joel 1:5-7), Jerusalemites (Joel 1:8-10), farmers (Joel 1:11-12), and priests (Joel 1:13). In each section there is a call to mourn followed by reasons to mourn. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 1:8-10
The next entity called to mourn appears to be Jerusalem. The gender of "Wail" is feminine (singular), and Jerusalem is often compared to a virgin daughter in the Old Testament (e.g., 2 Kings 19:21; Lamentations 1:15; cf. Joel 2:1; Joel 2:15; Joel 2:23; Joel 2:32). This virgin (Heb. bethulah) was to weep in sackcloth, clothing appropriate for such an occasion, as though she had lost her bridegroom in death. The Hebrew word suggests that this virgin was a presently unmarried woman who anticipated... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:1-20
The Coming of the Locusts a Harbinger of the Day of the LordAfter the title (Joel 1:1), the prophet announces an unheard of and long to be remembered ruin, wrought by locusts (Joel 1:2-4), and summons the users of wine to bewail the destruction of vineyards (Joel 1:5-7). He calls for lamentation, like that of a widowed bride, over the loss of sacrificial offerings, and wasted fields and orchards (Joel 1:8-12). He commands the priests to lament and to appoint a fast and a meeting for prayer... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joel 1:10
(10) The new wine.—The necessaries and delights of life are all gone: “the wine that maketh glad the heart of man, the oil that makes his face to shine, the bread that strengthened man’s heart” (Psalms 104:15). read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Joel 1:1-20
The Message of the Book of Joel Joel 1:1 The book of Joel, as we have it, consists of two parts. I. A violent plague of locusts had visited the land, and from this destruction the Prophet saw nothing to save the people but repentance. In his call to repentance we notice four suggestions. a. He discovers to the people the condition of affairs. He challenges them to say whether, in the memory of anyone living, a crisis of such importance had arisen. b. He bids them wait for the desolation that... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joel 1:2-20
THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORDJoel 1:2-20; Joel 2:1-17JOEL, as we have seen, found the motive of his prophecy in a recent plague of locusts, the appearance of which and the havoc they worked are described by him in full detail. Writing not only as a poet but as a seer, who reads in the locusts signs of the great Day of the Lord, Joel has necessarily put into his picture several features which carry the imagination beyond the limits of experience. And yet, if we ourselves had lived through... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joel 1:1-20
Analysis and Annotations I. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS II. THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD: THE RUIN, THE REPENTANCE AND THE RESTORATION III. THE EVENTS OF THE DAY OF THE LORD: ISRAEL’S ENEMIES JUDGED AND THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED I. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS CHAPTER 1 1. The prophet’s appeal (Joel 1:1-4 ) 2. The call to the drunkards (Joel 1:5-7 ) 3. The call to the people and the priests (Joel 1:8-14 ) 4. The day of the Lord and the suffering land (Joel 1:15-18 ) 5. The prayer of the prophet... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Joel 1:10
1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: {g} the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.(g) All comfort and substance for nourishment is taken away. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:10
10. field . . . land—differing in that "field" means the open, unenclosed country; "land," the rich red soil (from a root "to be red") fit for cultivation. Thus, "a man of the field," in Hebrew, is a "hunter"; a "man of the ground" or "land," an "agriculturist" ( :-). "Field" and "land" are here personified. new wine—from a Hebrew root implying that it takes possession of the brain, so that a man is not master of himself. So the Arabic term is from a root "to hold captive." It is already... read more