Joel 1:5-12

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, and (3) even left them destitute of the means of subsistence, Joel 1:11.

Awake, ye drunkards viz. from the sleep of intoxication (Genesis 9:24; Proverbs 23:35), which the ruin of the vintage will soon render impossible.

howl in wild and desperate grief: so Joel 1:11; Joel 1:13. Comp. on Amos 8:3.

because of the sweet wine] Heb. -âsîs: see on Amos 9:13.

from your mouth where it is a source to you of gratification.