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Verse Joel 1:18. _HOW DO THE BEASTS GROAN!_] I really think that the
_neighing_ of horses, or _braying_ of asses, is wonderfully expressed
by the sound of the original: מה נאנחה בהמה _mah NEENCHAH_
_b...
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HOW DO THE BEASTS GROAN! - There is something very pitiable in the cry
of the brute creation, even because they are innocent, yet bear
man’s guilt. Their groaning seems to the prophet to be beyond
exp...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS
II. THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD: THE RUIN, THE REPENTANCE AND THE
RESTORATION
III. THE EVENTS OF THE DAY OF THE LORD: ISRAEL'S ENEMIES JUDGED AND
TH...
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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...
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THE BEASTS, Compare nos. Joe 4:3...
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The distress of the cattle through lack of pasture (cf. Jeremiah
14:5-6).
_are perplexed_ wandering hither and thither in quest of food [33].
[33] LXX. for מה נאנחה בהמה express
מַה־נַּנִּחָה בָהֵמּ...
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Part I. Chap. Joel 1:2 to Joel 2:17
Description of the present calamity (ch. 1.). The terrible "Day of
Jehovah," of which it is the harbinger (Joel 2:1-11), but which may
yet be averted by the nation...
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In justification of the alarm just expressed, the prophet points again
to the terrible condition to which the country has been reduced:
anything which the locusts may have spared has been parched by t...
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_CRYING UNTO THE LORD -- JOEL 1:18-20:_ The devastation was great in
the land. Joel wrote, "How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle
are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of...
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HOW DO THE BEASTS GROAN!— That is, "How grievous will be the
distress of the beasts of the field! How sadly will they complain,
through the vehemency of thirst! How will the herds of cattle be
trouble...
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THE EXTENT. VIVID, ARRESTING (cont-'d)
TEXT: Joel 1:13-20
13
Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye
ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers...
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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.
THE HERDS OF CATTLE ARE PERPLEXED - implying the restless gest...
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THE COMING OF THE LOCUSTS A HARBINGER OF THE DAY OF THE LORD
After the title (Joel 1:1), the prophet announces an unheard of and
long to be remembered ruin, wrought by locusts (Joel 1:2), and summons...
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THE DAY OF THE LORD
JOEL
_ROY ROHU_
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Joel tells us his father’s name, but he says nothing about himself.
Some students think that he wrote his book about 850 years before the
birth...
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HOW DO THE BEASTS GROAN. — All creation is represented as sharing in
the dread perplexity; the beasts are involved in it, as also in
Nineveh the animals were united in the proclamation of the general...
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מַה ־נֶּאֶנְחָ֣ה בְהֵמָ֗ה נָבֹ֨כוּ֙
עֶדְרֵ֣י בָקָ֔ר...
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THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORD
Joel 1:2; Joel 2:1
JOEL, as we have seen, found the motive of his prophecy in a recent
plague of locusts, the appearance of which and the havoc they worked
are des...
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A SUMMONS TO PENITENCE
Joel 1:1-20; Joel 2:1-11
We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's
mouthpiece and remain unknown. His message was one of unparalleled
woe. The memory...
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Joel was especially a prophet to Judah. The burden of his message was
the Day of the Lord. It seems to be one remarkable utterance rather
than notes of a ministry covering a long period. A terrible lo...
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The preceding verses having described the ruin of all flesh by reason
of sin, here comes the judgment. The Prophet unable to enter into the
particulars of the dreadful day of account, only cries out u...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
"The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel." Like
Hosea, Joel is one of the earliest prophets (being earlier even than
Jonah), but differs ess...
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The Prophet amplifies his reproof, that even oxen as well as other
animals felt the judgment of God. There is then here an implied
comparison between the feeling of brute animals and the insensibility...
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The Spirit of God takes the opportunity afforded by an unparalleled
scarcity, caused by the invasion of innumerable armies of insects, to
rouse the attention of the people with respect to the day of J...
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HOW DO THE BEASTS GROAN?.... For want of fodder, all green grass and
herbs being eaten up by the locusts; or devoured, or trampled upon,
and destroyed, by the Chaldeans; and also for want of water to...
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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._
Ver. 18. _How do the beasts groan_] The wild beasts groan in th...
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_How do the beasts groan!_ “How grievous will be the distress of the
beasts of the field! How sadly will they complain through the
vehemency of thirst! How will the herds of cattle be troubled and
per...
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How do the beasts groan! since the meadows also were dried up. THE
HERDS OF CATTLE ARE PERPLEXED, the word being chosen to denote the
restless hunting of hungry cattle, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PASTURE; Y...
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PRESCRIBING FASTING AND PENITENCE...
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14-20 The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and
humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin
must be confessed and bewailed. A day is to be appointed for this
purp...
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HOW DO THE BEASTS GROAN? so great was the penury and want of
sustenance, that the beasts in the field, pinched with hunger,
groaned, made dismal noise for fodder and water; the word _beasts_ is
genera...
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Joel 1:18 animals H929 groan H584 (H8737) herds H5739 cattle H1241
restless H943 (H8738) pasture H4829 flocks...
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAGUE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (JOEL 1:6).
The effects of the huge plagues of locusts which had arrived to
devastate the land are graphically described, and the consequences in
the d...
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CONTENTS: Joel's warnings of desolation upon Israel, and call to
repentance. The plague of insects.
CHARACTERS: God, Joel.
CONCLUSION: Those who will not be aroused out of their security by the
Word...
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Joel 1:1. _Joel, the son of Pethuel._ Nothing can be gathered from
antiquity of this prophet, but what appears from his writings. His
father was either a prophet or a man of note, as may be presumed f...
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_Is not the meat cut off before our eyes._
SIN A GREAT DEPRIVATION
I. That sin deprives man of his cherished hope. “Is not the meat cut
off before our eyes?”
1. This deprivation was unexpected. The...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
JOEL 1:16.] Food cut off, the joy of festivals and sacrifices
banished.
JOEL 1:17. SEED] decayed under the clods. GARNERS] Storehouses went to
ruin and prospects of future harvest w...
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EXPOSITION
JOEL 1:1
THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME TO JOEL THE SON OF PETHUEL. The name
Joel signifies "Jehovah is God," or "whose God is Jehovah." We read in
Scripture of several of the same name, b...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Joel.
Joel is a prophet of which we have no light of his background except
what he gives to us. He is the son of Pethuel, but who Pethuel is, we
don't know....
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1 Kings 18:5; Hosea 4:3; Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 14:5; Jeremiah 14:6;...