Joel 1:7 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 1:7

He hath laid my vine waste ,.... That is, the locust, which spoiled the vines in Judea, the singular being put for the plural, by gnawing the branches, biting the tops of them, and devouring the leaves and the fruit; and so not only left them bare and barren, but destroyed them: this may emblematically represent the Assyrians or Babylonians wasting the land of Judea, the vine and vineyard of the Lord of hosts; see Isaiah 5:1 ; and barked my fig tree ; gnawed off the bark of them;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:7

He hath laid my vine waste - The locusts have eaten off both leaves and bark. חשפה חשף chasoph chasaphah , he hath made it clean bare; שדה שדד suddad sadeh , the field is laid waste, Joel 1:10 ; and משדי כשד kesod mishshaddai , a destruction from the Almighty, Joel 1:15 ; are all paronomasias in which this prophet seems to delight. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:7

Verse 7 He afterwards adds, that his vine had been exposed to desolation and waste, his fig-tree to the stripping of the bark. God speaks not here of his own vine, as in some other places, in which he designates his Church by this term; but he calls everything on earth his own, as he calls the whole race of Abraham his children: and he thus reproaches the Jews for having reduced themselves to such wretchedness through their own fault; for they would have never been spoiled by their enemies, had... 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 1:5-8

The lessons taught by this calamity. The lessons which God intended to teach his people by the calamitous events here recorded are solemn as salutary. Among them may be reckoned the ends for which they were sent, the alarming extent of them, and the effects produced. I. THE ENDS OF THE CRUSHING CALAMITY THEN PRESSING ON THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH . 1 . It was designed to rouse them out of their sinful slumber. Previous intimations of Divine displeasure had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:7

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree (margin, laid my fig tree for a barking ): he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. We have here a detailed description of the destruction and devastation caused by this locust-army in its invasion of the land of Judah. The most valuable and most valued production of that land, the vine and fig tree, are ruined. The vine is laid waste, so that the vineyard becomes a wilderness: (1) "he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:7

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree - This describes an extremity of desolation. The locusts at first attack all which is green and succulent; when this has been consumed, then they attack the bark of trees. : “When they have devoured all other vegetables, they attack the trees, consuming first the leaves, then the bark.” : “A day or two after one of these bodies were in motion, others were already hatched to glean after them, gnawing off the young branches and the very bark of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 1:7

He. The nation of Joel 1:6 . My vine . . . My fig tree . Note this "My", for Jehovah is about to recover His People Israel, as the issue of "the day of the Loan". Compare Psalms 80:8 , Psalms 80:14 .Isaiah 5:1-6 ; Isaiah 27:2 .Hosea 10:1 . Also for the fig-tree compare Hosea 9:10 . Matthew 21:19 . Luke 13:6 , Luke 13:7 . barked = reduced to splinters or chips. Hebrew &c kezaphah . Occurs only here. The root is connected with foam, compare Hosea 10:7 . read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joel 1:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joel 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:2-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:5-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joel 1:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:7

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