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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:8

Joel 1:8. Lament, &c. The prophet here calls upon the inhabitants of Judea to deprecate this grievous judgment, by humiliation and unfeigned sorrow for their sins; like a virgin for the husband of her youth That is, bitterly, and from the very heart; for the grief of a woman is generally very poignant and sincere for the loss of her first husband, to whom she was married in her youth. The expression is still stronger, if we suppose it spoken of a virgin betrothed to a man she loves,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:9-10

Joel 1:9-10. The meat-offering and the drink-offering These offerings always accompanied the daily sacrifice: see Numbers 28:4; Numbers 28:7. The word here and elsewhere translated meat-offering, properly signifies the bread- offering, which was made of flour. It is here foretold, that these daily sacrifices could not be offered as they were wont to be, on account of the scarcity of corn and wine. The field is wasted, &c. The fields and the whole land have a mournful appearance,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:11-12

Joel 1:11-12. Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen Be struck with confusion to see all your hopes disappointed, and no fruit arising from your labour; to find nothing of that which you had made yourselves sure of. Howl, O ye vine-dressers This is to be referred to what is said in the next verse, and not to the words immediately following, which belong to the husbandmen, as the subject for their lamentation; as the vine, being dried up, was the cause of the sorrow of the vine-dressers. Because... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:13

Joel 1:13. Gird yourselves Namely, with sackcloth; and lament, ye priests Because the meat-offerings and drink-offerings were cut off: see Joel 1:9. Lie all night in sackcloth Let those priests, whose turn it is to keep the night-watches in the temple, cover themselves with sackcloth, as is usual in times of the greatest calamity; and let them not put it off when they betake themselves to rest, but sleep in sackcloth instead of their ordinary garments. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:14

Joel 1:14. Sanctify ye a fast, &c. In order to avert God’s wrath and deprecate his judgments. Gather the elders, &c., into the house of the Lord The house where God hath placed his name, and where he hath promised to hear the prayers which are addressed to him by his people, when they are afflicted with judgments of this kind: see 1 Kings 8:37. 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 1:1

TITLE. The word of the LORD. Therefore not Joel's. This is the Divine key to the book Joel's pen, but not Joel's words, Compare Acts 1:16 for a similar fact concerning David. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . Joel = Jehovah [is] GOD. the son of Pethuel. This does not imply that Pethuel was a prophet. It merely distinguishes this Joel from others of the same name. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:2

Hear. Note this indication of the formula of Joel's prophetic utterances. See App-82 . ye. Hebrew has no proper vocative. The simple Noun with the Article takes its place. old men. Not official elders, but those whose memory goes back farthest. Hath . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis ( App-38 ), for emphasis. Compare Joel 2:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:3

Tell ye your children. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 6:6 , Deuteronomy 6:7 ; Deuteronomy 11:19 ). App-92 . Compare Psalms 78:3-8 . children = sons. Note the Figure of speech Climax ( App-6 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:4

That which, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:38 ). Compare Joel 2:25 . The English of this verse is beautifully idiomatic, but twelve Hebrew words condense the whole. See below. palmerworm. This is named first of four different stages of the locust. English = hairy caterpiller Hebrew gazam, or the gnawer. The pupa stage. locust. Hebrew. 'arbeh = the swarmer. The imago stage. cankerworm . Hebrew. yelek = the devourer. caterpillar. Hebrew hasil = the consumer. The larva... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:9-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joel 1:1-20

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joel 1:4

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