Joel 1:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joel 1:1-20

1:1-2:11 THE GREAT LOCUST PLAGUEEffects of the plague (1:1-20)So devastating is the current locust plague, that even the oldest people cannot remember anything like it. The whole countryside has been stripped bare. Joel tells the people to pass the story of the plague on to their children and grandchildren, so that it will not be forgotten (1:1-4). Those who have greedily lived for their own pleasure are punished. They will no longer get drunk with wine, because the locusts have destroyed the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:12

men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joel 1:12

Joel 1:12. The vine is dried up— In Barbary, in the month of June, the locusts collect themselves into compact bodies, a furlong or more square; and afterwards, marching directly on toward the sea, let nothing escape them; eating up every thing that is green or juicy, not only of the lesser kind of vegetables, but also the trees mentioned in this verse. The author of the Observations is of opinion, that apple-tree cannot be a proper translation in this place; for the apples which the Arabs of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:12

12. pomegranate—a tree straight in the stem growing twenty feet high; the fruit is of the size of an orange, with blood-red colored pulp. palm tree—The dates of Palestine were famous. The palm is the symbol of Judea on coins under the Roman emperor Vespasian. It often grows a hundred feet high. apple tree—The Hebrew is generic, including the orange, lemon, and pear tree. joy is withered away—such as is felt in the harvest and the vintage seasons (Psalms 4:7; Isaiah 9:3). 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 1:5-13

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 1:11-12

Joel next turned from city-dwellers to country folk. He called the farmers and vine growers, those most directly affected by the locust invasion, to despair because the fruits of their labors had perished. These fruits included wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, dates, and apples: all the fruits of trees. These Israelites would not be able to rejoice in an abundant harvest, which every farmer and viticulturist anticipated (cf. Psalms 4:7). Not only the symbols of divine blessing but... 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 1:12

(12) The vine is dried up.—The ravages produced by the locusts and the drought are universal. There seems to be a method in the enumeration of the trees. The vine is the favourite term for the chosen people; the fig-tree has its life prolonged at the intercession of the “dresser of the vineyard,” in our Lord’s parable (Luke 13:8); the tall and stately pomegranate is of such importance as to give its name to the idol Rimmon; yea, and the palm-tree, even that is gone; the apple also, including... 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

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