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The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn . While all the inhabitants of the land are called to lament, and have abundant cause for lamentation, different classes of society are specified, and the grounds of their sorrow particularized. 1 . The meat offering and drink offering accompanied the morning and evening sacrifice, and that sacrifice, with its accompaniments, being an expression of gratitude to God by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

Religious privation. The old covenant was one especially characterized by human ministrations and external observances and solemnities. Apart from priests and sacrifices its purposes could not have been accomplished, and its witness to the world would have been unintelligible and vain. No wonder that to the Hebrew mind no prospect was more terrible than the cessation of public worship, of public offerings, of sacerdotal services. In the spiritual economy under which we live, the case is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9-13

The calamity has fallen upon all, and therefore the wail of woe proceeds from all. All classes are summoned to this sorrowful work; no office in the state is exempt; things animate and inanimate; priests and people—the Lord's priests who ministered at the altar, and the people to whom they ministered; the whole land and the fields into which it was partitioned; the tillers of the soil and the dressers of the vine. I. POVERTY TENDS TO THE DECAY OF PIETY . As a rule neither... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:10

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth . This verse is closely connected with the preceding, for the failure of the meat offerings and drink offerings was owing to the devastation of the country and the destruction of its crops by the locust-plague. The field was laid waste by them, nor was it a field here and there, or a solitary district; it was the whole land without exception or exemption that had cause to grieve, "if... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:11-12

Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen . The verb from בּושׁ (formed from יַבֵשׁ ), to be or feel ashamed, or turn pale with shame; חָפֵר is "to blush or turn red with shame." It is written defectively, to distinguish it from הוֹבִישׁ , which occurs in the tenth verse and again in the twelfth, and which is the Hiph. of יָבֵשׁ , to be parched or dried up. Their hope was disappointed through the destruction of their wheat and barley—their most serviceable and valuable cereals; while... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:12

The withering of joy. The description given by the prophet of the devastation and misery caused by the horrible plague of locusts is so graphic and so frightful, that the very strong language in which the effect produced upon the inhabitants of the land is portrayed cannot be deemed exaggerated. The husbandmen are covered with shame, and joy is withered in all hearts. I. JOY IS NATURAL TO MAN , AND IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A BENEVOLENT CREATOR . It is occasioned by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God. The invitation, or rather exhortation, here is to something more than lamentation and mourning; for, however natural in the circumstances, affliction itself could not avert or remove the calamity. They are urged, therefore, to repentance as well as lamentation. They were to assume the outward signs of the inward grace: they were to gird themselves with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:14

Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord. The command is addressed to the priests as the representatives and rulers of the people in all matters of religion; they communicated to the people the commands of Jehovah. This verse directs attention to three things—the duty commanded; the persons called upon to discharge it; and the place of its performance. 1. The duty required... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:14

A fast. The afflictions which befell Judah are represented as producing a deep impression upon the whole nation, and as justifying the calling of a general fast. I. THOSE WHO FAST . This is an exercise which cannot be performed vicariously. 1 . All the inhabitants of the land take part in it. 2 . The elders of the people, as representatives and leaders, are especially summoned to attend. II. THE TOKENS OF FASTING . Mere abstinence from food or from delicacies... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:14

Religious reformation. In this chapter the prophet gives a graphic description of the devastation of the land of Judah by swarms of locusts. After eating all the green leaves and succulent parts of the trees, they destroyed even the bark ( Joel 1:7 ), so that the effects of this awful visitation would last, not for a single season, but for years. God sent this pest, as he sends other troubles, in order to arouse the sensuous and careless people to thought and to contrition. The... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:9-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 1:14

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