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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:9

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off - The meat offering and drink offering were part of every sacrifice. If the materials for these, the grain and wine, ceased, through locusts or drought or the wastings of war, the sacrifice must become mangled and imperfect. The priests were to mourn for the defects of the sacrifice; they lost also their own subsistence, since the altar was, to them, in place of all other inheritance. The meat and drink offerings were emblems of the materials... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:10

The field is wasted, the land mourneth - As, when God pours out His blessings of nature, all nature seems to smile and be glad, and as the Psalmist says, “to shout for joy and sing” Psalms 65:13, so when He withholds them, it seems to mourn, and, by its mourning, to reproach the insensibility of man. Oil is the emblem of the abundant graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit, and of the light and devotion of soul given by Him, and spiritual gladness, and overflowing, all-mantling charity. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:11

Be ye ashamed, O ye farmers - The prophet dwells on and expands the description of the troubles which he had foretold, setting before their eyes the picture of one universal dessolation. For the details of sorrow most touch the heart, and he wished to move them to repentance. He pictures them to themselves; some standing aghast and ashamed of the fruitlessness of their toil others giving way to bursts of sorrow, and all things around waste and dried. Nothing was exempt. Wheat and barley,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:12

Because joy is withered away - o: “There are four sorts of joy, a joy in iniquity, a joy in vanity, a joy of charity, a joy of felicity. Of the first we read, “Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the forwardness of the wicked Proverbs 2:14. Of the second, “They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ” Job 21:12. Of the third, “Let the saints be joyful in glory” Psalms 149:5. Of the fourth, “Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house; they will be still praising Thee”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves - that is, with haircloth, as is elsewhere expressed Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 6:26. The outward affliction is an expression of the inward grief, and itself excites to further grief. This their garment of affliction and penitence, they were not to put off day and night. Their wonted duty was to “offer up sacrifice for their own sins and the sins of the people” Hebrews 7:27, and to entreat God for them. This their office the prophet calls them to discharge day and... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:14

Sanctify ye a fast - He does not say only, “proclaim,” or “appoint a fast,” but “sanctify it.” Hallow the act of abstinence, seasoning it with devotion and with acts meet for repentance. For fasting is not accepted by God, unless done in charity and obedience to His commands. : “Sanctify” it, i. e., make it an offering to God, and as it were a sacrifice, a holy and blameless fast.” : “To sanctify a fast is to exhibit abstinence of the flesh, meet toward God, with other good. Let anger cease,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:1-3

Joel 1:1-3. Hear this, ye old men Ye that have seen and remember many things. Hath this been in your days, &c. Give attention; and when you have heard and considered, say whether any thing like the calamities which I am about to denounce hath ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers. In this way the prophet shows how great and unparalleled this dearth, which he fore-tels, would be. Tell ye your children Let these prophecies be handed down to distant generations,... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:4

Joel 1:4. That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten A succession of noxious creatures hath perfectly destroyed the fruits of the earth; which makes this judgment so strange and remarkable. It is usual with the prophets to speak of things which were certainly about to take place, as already come to pass; and it is likely that the prophet speaks thus here; and that the sense is, That which the palmer-worm shall leave the locust shall eat. Bochart hath assigned many... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:5

Joel 1:5. Awake, ye drunkards From the long sleep occasioned by your intoxication. Kimchi comments thus on the place: “You, who accustom yourselves to get drunk with wine, awake out of your sleep, and weep night and day; for the wine shall fail you, because the locust shall devour the grape.” The exhortation implies, that the calamity should particularly affect those who were given to an excess of drinking, and that it should touch them in a tender part; the wine which they loved so well... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:6

Joel 1:6. For a nation is come up upon my land Insects are described as a nation or people marching in order under their leaders, both by sacred and profane writers, because of their power to do mischief, and their being irresistible by human strength or art. Whose teeth are the teeth of a lion They devour every thing that comes in their way, and there is no possibility of rescuing it from them. Pliny and other writers tell us, that they will not only destroy the leaves and fruits of the... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joel 1:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:1-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joel 1:6

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