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BE YE ASHAMED, O YE FARMERS - The prophet dwells on and expands the
description of the troubles which he had foretold, setting before
their eyes the picture of one universal dessolation. For the detai...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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,...
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_Be ashamed_ more exactly SHEW SHAME, i.e. manifest, by overt signs,
your disappointment. _To shew shame_(or _to be ashamed_) is said in
Hebrew idiomatically where we should say _be disappointed:_it
e...
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_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...
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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...
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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.
BE YE ASHAMED - i:e., Ye shall have the shame of disappoint...
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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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BE YE ASHAMED, etc.] RM 'The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers
howl.'...
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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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הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ אִכָּרִ֗ים הֵילִ֨ילוּ֙
כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים עַל ־חִטָּ֖ה...
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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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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...
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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 says nothing new here, but only strengthens what he had
said before, and is not wordy without reason; for he intends here not
merely to teach, but also to produce an effect: And this is th...
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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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BE YE ASHAMED, O YE HUSBANDMEN,.... Tillers of the land, who have took
a great deal of pains in cultivating the earth, dunging, ploughing,
and sowing it; confusion may cover you, because of your
disap...
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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.
Ver. 11. _Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen_] This repetition of...
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_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...
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Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen, bearing the shame of disappointed
hopes after working hard for a crop; HOWL, O YE VINE-DRESSERS, these
two representing the agricultural classes of the land, FOR THE WH...
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE CALAMITY...
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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...
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BE YE ASHAMED, O YE HUSBANDMEN: some read it assertively, the
husbandmen are ashamed, and as to matter of fact it is true they were
ashamed; but the imperative mood, or by way of exhortation, will
bet...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Isaiah 17:11; Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 14:4; Jeremiah 9:12; Romans 5:5
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Be ye ashamed — This is a just cause why you should lament and
enquire why God is so displeased with you....