Joel 1:1
JOEL 1:1. A SHORT SUPERSCRIPTION.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOEL 1:1. A SHORT SUPERSCRIPTION.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOEL 1:2 TO JOEL 2:17. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS, AND A SUMMONS TO AN ASSEMBLY FOR CONFESSION AND INTERCESSION. Joel 1:2. The Unprecedented Character of the Plague. No living Jew has experienced so terrible a plague: it will be talked of in generations yet to come. The locusts have eat... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE PLAGUE. Joel 1:5. The wine-bibbers no censure is implied; they are mentioned first because of the contrast between their accustomed merriment and the tears they are bidden to shed are summoned to arouse from their drunken sleep and bemoan the devastation of the vineyards.... [ Continue Reading ]
The land is bidden to mourn as bitterly as a maiden mourning her betrothed, dead ere the marriage day. For most terrible consequence of the famine caused by the locusts no corn, wine, or oil can be had for the daily sacrifice, which is interrupted. Such a suspension, which seemed to snap the link be... [ Continue Reading ]
A CALL FOR A FAST AND SOLEMN INTERCESSION. The prophet bids the priests, clothed in the garb of mourners, come into the Temple and lament night and day. Let them institute with the appropriate ritual a fast, and summon a solemn gathering of the community. The awful plight of the land suggests the th... [ Continue Reading ]