Verse 12. _THE VINE IS DRIED UP_] Dr. _Shaw_ observes that in Barbary, in the month of June, the locusts collect themselves into compact bodies a furlong or more square, and march on, eating up every...
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 t...
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...
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...
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 ha...
MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
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...
_is dried up_ Better, SHEWETH SHAME, as Joel 1:10. _the pomegranate_ Numbers 13:23; Numbers 20:5; Deuteronomy 8:8;...
All classes are to unite in lamenting this calamity, which has not only (1) deprived them of some of their most valued luxuries, Joel 1:5, but also (2) interrupted the public worship of God, Joel 1:8,...
_A CALL TO REPENTANCE -- JOEL 1:8-13:_ The nation of Judah would suffer severe anguish. The farmers planted and tended his crops but it was all in vain. The crops were destroyed by the locust and by t...
THE VINE IS DRIED UP— In Barbary, in the month of June, the locusts collect themselves into compact bodies, a furlong or more square; and afterwards, marching directly on toward the sea, let nothing e...
THE EXTENT OF THE PLEA FOR REPENTANCE; VIVID, ARRESTING TEXT: Joel 1:4-12 4 That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eate...
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...
1:12 up, (c-5) Or 'is ashamed.'...
PALM TREE] Symbol of glory or beauty (Psalms 92:12; Song of Solomon 7:7.; Jeremiah 10:5), but here mentioned as a fruit tree. Its dates are very valuable. THE APPLE] sometimes rendered 'apricot,' alth...
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...
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...
THE VINE IS DRIED UP. — The ravages produced by the locusts and the drought are universal. There seems to be a method in the enumeration of the trees. The vine is the favourite term for the chosen peo...
הַ גֶּ֣פֶן הֹובִ֔ישָׁה וְ הַ תְּאֵנָ֖ה אֻמְלָ
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...
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...
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...
_Withered. The bite of locusts corrupts the juice of plants._...
Under the figure of a swarm of insects destroying the fruits of the earth, is represented the judgment of the Lord upon a guilty land. It is blessed to observe, how the Lord pleads with his people by...
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...
The Prophet now concludes his subjects which was, that as God executed judgments so severe on the people, it was a wonder that they remained stupefied, when thus reduces to extremities. _The vine_, he...
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...
THE VINE IS DRIED UP,.... Withered away, stripped of its leaves and fruits, and its sap and moisture gone: or, "is ashamed" t; to see itself in this condition, and not answer the expectation of its pr...
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...
_Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen_ Be struck with confusion to see all your hopes disappointed, and no fruit arising from your labour; to find nothing of that which you had made yourselves sure of. _How...
The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth, so that gardener and horticulturist likewise had reasons for mourning; THE POMEGRANATE-TREE, THE PALM-TREE ALSO, the date-palm, which ordinarily esc...
A DESCRIPTION OF THE CALAMITY...
8-13 All who labour only for the meat that perishes, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. Those that place their happiness in the delights of sense, when deprived of them, or disturbed...
THE VINE IS DRIED UP: see JOEL 1:10, THE FIG TREE; a tree well known, and the fruit of it was usually a great advantage and benefit to the people of those countries. THE POMEGRANATE TREE; a pleasant t...
Joel 1:12 vine H1612 up H3001 (H8689) tree H8384 withered H535 (H8797) pomegranate H7416 tree H8558 trees...
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...
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...
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...
_The harvest of the field is perished._ THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF SIN The prophet still lingers on the theme of his solemn and faithful discourses and urges all classes to attend to him that their s...
JOEL—NOTE ON JOEL 1:1 The Judgment against Judah and the Day of the Lord. This first part of Joel introduces the Lord’s judgment in the form of a locust infestation, drought, and the coming of a great...
CRITICAL NOTES.] JOEL 1:11.] The third appeal to HUSBANDMEN and VINEDRESSERS. Wheat and barley destroyed before their eyes; vines languish and choice fruit-trees perish. JOEL 1:12. JOY] The joy of ha...
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...
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....