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Joel 1

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The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

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Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

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Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

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That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

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Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

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For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

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He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

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Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.

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The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

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Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

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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,

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Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

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Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

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The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

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The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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Joel 1:4

“That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.”

Study Summary

The description of locust plague—the cutter, the swarmer, the hopper, the destroyer—represents successive waves of devastation that strip the land bare, each devouring what the previous waves left behind. The progression suggests mounting devastation, that each wave compounds the destruction of the previous one. This verse paints a picture of ecological catastrophe where the land itself has become uninhabitable.

Community Reflections

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Michael van Berg (test user)1d ago
Redemption and restoration — Joel 1

God is faithful in every circumstance.. When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes clear: God is always working redemption, even in the darkest moments.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. We bring nothing; He provides everything.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every…

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Adam Smith 2 (test user)7h ago
The covenant promise — Joel 1

His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance..…

Read the note →

Joel 1:4

“That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.”

Study Summary

The description of locust plague—the cutter, the swarmer, the hopper, the destroyer—represents successive waves of devastation that strip the land bare, each devouring what the previous waves left behind. The progression suggests mounting devastation, that each wave compounds the destruction of the previous one. This verse paints a picture of ecological catastrophe where the land itself has become uninhabitable.

Community Reflections

1
Michael van Berg (test user)1d ago
Redemption and restoration — Joel 1

God is faithful in every circumstance.. When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes clear: God is always working redemption, even in the darkest moments.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. We bring nothing; He provides everything.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every…

Read the note →
1
Adam Smith 2 (test user)7h ago
The covenant promise — Joel 1

His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance..…

Read the note →

Joel 1:4

The description of locust plague—the cutter, the swarmer, the hopper, the destroyer—represents successive waves of devastation that strip the land bare, each devouring what the previous waves left behind. The progression suggests mounting devastation, that each wave compounds the destruction of the previous one. This verse paints a picture of ecological catastrophe where the land itself has become uninhabitable.