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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 1:8-13

The judgment is here described as very lamentable, and such as all sorts of people should share in; it shall not only rob the drunkards of their pleasure (if that were the worst of it, it might be the better borne), but it shall deprive others of their necessary subsistence, who are therefore called to lament (Joel 1:8), as a virgin laments the death of her lover to whom she was espoused, but not completely married, yet so that he was in effect her husband, or as a young woman lately married,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin ,.... This is not the continuation of the prophet's speech to the drunkards; but, as Aben Ezra observes, he either speaks to himself, or to the land the Targum supplies it, O congregation of Israel; the more religious and godly part of the people are here addressed; who were concerned for the pure worship of God, and were as a chaste virgin espoused to Christ, though not yet come, and for whom they were waiting; these are called upon to lament the calamities of the times... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:9

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord ,.... The meat offering was made of fine flour, oil, and frankincense; and the drink offering was of wine; and, because of the want of corn and wine, these were not brought to the temple as usual; and which was matter of great grief to religious persons, and especially to the priests, as follows: the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn ; partly because they had no work to do, and could not answer to their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:10

The field is wasted ,.... By the locust, that eat up all green things, the grass and herbs, the fruit and leaves of trees; and also by the Chaldeans trampling on it with their horses, and the increase of which became fodder for them: the land mourneth ; being destitute, nothing growing upon it, and so looked dismally, and of a horrid aspect; or the inhabitants of it, for want of provision: for the corn is wasted ; by the locusts, and so by the Assyrian or Chaldean army, before it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:11

Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ,.... Tillers of the land, who have took a great deal of pains in cultivating the earth, dunging, ploughing, and sowing it; confusion may cover you, because of your disappointment, the increase not answering to your expectations and labours: howl, O ye vinedressers ; that worked in the vineyards, set the vines, watered and pruned them, and, when they had done all they could to them, were dried up with the drought, or devoured by the locusts, as they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:12

The vine is dried up ,.... Withered away, stripped of its leaves and fruits, and its sap and moisture gone: or, "is ashamed" F20 הובישה "confusa est", V. L. "pudefacta est", Cocceius; "pudet", Drusius. ; to see itself in this condition, and not answer the expectation of its proprietor and dresser: and the fig tree languisheth ; sickens and dies, through the bite of the locusts: the pomegranate tree : whose fruit is delicious, and of which wine was made: the palm tree also;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin - for the husband of her youth - Virgin is a very improper version here. The original is בתולה bethulah , which signifies a young woman or bride not a virgin, the proper Hebrew for which is עלמה almah . See the notes on Isaiah 7:14 ; (note), and Matthew 1:23 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:9

The meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off - The crops and the vines being destroyed by the locusts, thee total devastation in plants, trees, corn, etc., is referred to and described with a striking variety of expression in this and the following verses. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:12

The vine is dried up - Dr. Shaw observes that in Barbary, in the month of June, the locusts collect themselves into compact bodies a furlong or more square, and march on, eating up every thing that is green or juicy, and letting nothing escape them, whether vegetables or trees. They destroy the pomegranate, the palm, the apple, ( תפוח tappuach , the citron tree), the vine, the fig, and every tree of the field. See the note on Joel 2:2 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:8

Verse 8 The Prophet now addresses the whole land. Lament, he says; not in an ordinary way, but like a widow, whose husband is dead, whom she had married when young. The love, we know, of a young man towards a young woman, and so of a young woman towards a young man, is more tender than when a person in years marries an elderly woman. This is the reason that the Prophet here mentions the husband of her youth; he wished to set forth the heaviest lamentation, and hence he says “The Jews ought not... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 1:8-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:8

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