John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joel 1:7
Joe 1:7 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. Ver. 7. He hath laid my vine waste ] The prophet proceeds in aggravating the calamity, that he might make the people the more sensible. There is nothing in the world more stupid and more stubborn than a drunkard. Of such it is that that saying of an ancient is often verified, Ablatus est a peccantibus timor, ne possit esse cautela, Fear is taken away... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joel 1:6
Joe 1:6 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. Ver. 6. For a nation is come up upon my land ] A nation, sc. of vermin, by swarms, as Joel 2:9 , called afterwards an army, Joel 2:11 , and a people, Joel 2:2 . See the like Proverbs 30:25-26 . "Is come," that is, shortly shall come, "upon my land," this glorious and goodly land, as it is called, Daniel 11:16 . Tarnovius makes this by a ... read more