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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:6

a nation. See Joel 2:20 ; and compare Daniel 11:0 . Put for the great destroying powers which are symbolized in Joel 1:4 by the locusts. Compare Joel 2:2 , Joel 2:11 , Joel 2:25 .Revelation 9:0 . My land . So called because Jehovah is about to put in His claim. The end-time is here referred to, when He will do this: "the day of the Lord". See Joel 1:15 , and Joel 2:1 , &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joel 1:6

"For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.""For a nation ..." This expression, of course, has been made a basis of advocating a symbolical interpretation of the locusts. Such a personification of locusts is in keeping with the Biblical description of ants and conies as "folk" and "people" (Proverbs 30:25-27), and it is interpreted here as metaphorical description of the locusts. However, there... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 1:6

Joel 1:6. For a nation is come up— A word of consideration concerning the locusts may not be altogether improper, says Dr. Sharpe in his Second Argument, &c. And as the commentators are divided in their opinions, it will be but fair to give a brief view of what has been said on both sides. To begin then with Grotius, Houbigant, Rabbi Tanchum, Abarbanel, &c. they are of opinion, that the prophet has used this image to set forth the multitude of the Chaldean army; but then Bochart and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:6

6. nation—applied to the locusts, rather than "people" (Proverbs 30:25; Proverbs 30:26), to mark not only their numbers, but also their savage hostility; and also to prepare the mind of the hearer for the transition to the figurative locusts in the second chapter, namely, the "nation" or Gentile foe coming against Judea (compare Proverbs 30:26- :). my land—that is, Jehovah's; which never would have been so devastated were I not pleased to inflict punishment (Joel 2:18; Isaiah 14:25; Jeremiah... read more

Thomas Constable

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 1:5-7

Joel urged the drunkards of the land to weep because the locusts had destroyed all the grapevines. There would be no grapes to produce sweet (the most favored) wine for them to drink (cf. Isaiah 5:11-12; Isaiah 5:22; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 56:12; Hosea 4:11-19; Hosea 7:5; Hosea 7:13-14; Amos 2:6-8; Amos 6:6; Amos 9:13; Micah 2:11; Acts 2:13; Acts 2:15)."Sweet wine (’asis) was made by drying the grapes in the sun for a short time and then allowing the juice to ferment for... read more

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

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 1:6

(6) A nation.—It was not uncommon with Hebrew writers to apply the name people or folk to animals, as, “The ants are a people not strong;” “The conies are but a feeble folk” (Proverbs 30:25-26); but the word used by Joel is different from that in the Proverbs. He selected a word indicative of foreign nations, suggestive of attack, including both the irrational invader and the foreign conqueror. The surpassing strength of the nation is indicated by the extraordinary power of the locust’s teeth,... 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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joel 1:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 1:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 1:2-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 1:5-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joel 1:5-13

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joel 1:6

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Joel 1:1-20

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