Joel 1:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 1:1-7

It is a foolish fancy which some of the Jews have, that this Joel the prophet was the same with that Joel who was the son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2); yet one of their rabbin very gravely undertakes to show why Samuel is here called Pethuel. This Joel was long after that. He here speaks of a sad and sore judgment which was now brought, or to be brought, upon Judah, for their sins. Observe, I. The greatness of the judgment, expressed here in two things:?1. It was such as could not be paralleled in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:3

Tell ye your children of it ,.... Give them a particular account of it; describe the creatures and their number as near as you can; say when they begun and how long they continued, and what devastations they made, and what was the cause and reason of such a judgment, your sins and transgressions: and let your children tell their children, and their children other generation ; or, "to the generation following" F12 לדור אחר "posteritati sequenti", Vatablus; "generationi... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:3

Tell ye your children of it - To heighten the effect, he still conceals the subject, and informs them that it is such as should be handed down from father to son through all generations. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:3

Verse 3 He then adds, Tell it to your children, your children to their children, their children to the next generation. In this verse the Prophet shows that the matter deserved to be remembered, and was not to be despised by posterity, even for many generations. It appears now quite clear that the Prophet threatens not what was to be, as some interpreters think; it would have been puerile: but, on the contrary, he expostulates here with the Jews, because they were so slothful and tardy in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:1-4

National calamity. "The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Hear this," etc. These verses lead us to look upon some aspects of that terrible national calamity which was the great burden of the prophet's ministry. We learn from the passage— I. THAT THIS CALAMITY WAS DIVINELY REVEALED AT FIRST TO THE HIND OF ONE MAN . "The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethueh" No one knew at first what a sad calamity was coming on the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:2-3

Tradition. The generations of mankind succeed one another upon the face of the earth; but they are not disconnected, isolated, independent. Each receives from those who have gone before, and communicates to those who shall come after. Hence the continuity of human history; hence the life of humanity. I. TRADITION ALONE IS AN INSUFFICIENT BASIS FOE RELIGION . It is well known that oral tradition is liable to corruption. Inaccuracy creeps in, and the truth is distorted,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:2-4

A retrospect and a prospect. The former was sufficiently gloomy, the latter might prove salutary in its tendency. The oldest are challenged to look back on the past and recall all the years that had been, and then say if they could find any parallel for the disasters of the calamitous time through which they had just passed or were passing. The prophet did not need to name or specify the calamity; somewhat indefinitely or abruptly he asks, "Hath this been in your days, or even in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:2-7

These verses describe the invasion of the locusts, with an exhortation to reflect on and lament for the calamity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:3

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation . The prophet thus draws attention to the event which be is about to relate, or rather predict, a8 a calamity unknown in the memory of living men, unheard of in the days of their fathers, unparalleled in the past experience of their nation, and one affecting all the inhabitants of the land. He challenges the old men whose memory went furthest back, and whose experience had been... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:3

Tell ye your children of it - In the order of God’s goodness, generation was to declare to generation the wonders of His love. “He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children, that the generation to come might know them, the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children that they might ... not forget the works of God” Psalms 78:5-7. This tradition of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joel 1:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:2-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:2-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:3

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