Joel 1:1--2:32
This ..... message <01697> [word.]
Joel <03100> [to.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
elders <02205> [ye old.]
life ..... lifetime <03117> [Hath.]
[That which the palmer-worm hath left. Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm.]
The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, {gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil}, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See on .# Ex 10:4
consumed .... arbeh-locust ..... consumed ......... consumed <0398 0697> [the locust eaten.]
[the canker-worm eaten.]
[the caterpillar.]
Wake up <06974> [Awake.]
weep <01058> [weep.]
taken away <03772> [for.]
nation <01471> [nation.]
land <0776> [my.]
teeth .... those <08127> [whose.]
destroyed <07760> [laid.]
fig trees .... splinters <08384 07111> [barked my fig-tree. Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking.]
Wail <0421> [Lament.]
husband-to-be <01167> [the husband.]
grain offerings <04503> [meat.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
Lord .......... Lord <03068> [the Lord's.]
fields <07704> [field.]
wine <08492> [the new.]
dried up <03001> [dried up. or, ashamed.]
<03001> [ashamed.]
harvest <07105> [because.]
vine <01612> [The vine.]
Dr. Shaw observes, that in Barbary, in the month of June the locusts are no sooner hatched than they collect themselves into compact bodies, each a "furlong or more square; and marching directly after they are come to life, make their way towards the sea and let nothing escape them, eating up everything that is green or juicy; not only the lesser vegetables, but the vine likewise, the fig-tree, the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field."
pomegranate <07416> [the pomegranate.]
joy <08342> [joy.]
dressed <02296> [Gird.]
minister ............ servants <08334> [ye ministers.]
spend <03885> [lie.]
minister ............ servants <08334> [ye ministers.]
grain offerings <04503> [for.]
holy <06942> [Sanctify.]
sacred assembly <06116> [solemn assembly. or, day of restraint.]
elders <02205> [the elders.]
cry out <02199> [cry.]
awful <0162> [Alas.]
day ...... day .... Lord <03117 03068> [the day of.]
food <0400> [the meat.]
joy <08057> [joy.]
grains of seed <06507> [seed. Heb. grains.]
call out <07121> [to thee.]
fire <0784> [the fire.]
pastures <04999> [pastures. or habitations.]
cry out <06165> [cry.]
river beds <0650> [the rivers.]
Blow <08628> [Blow.]
trumpet <07782> [trumpet. or, cornet.]
alarm <07321> [and sound.]
holy <06944> [in my.]
inhabitants <03427> [let.]
day <03117> [for the.]
day .... darkness ... day <03117 02822> [A day of darkness.]
"The quantity of these insects," says a French author,"is incredible to all who have not themselves witnessed their astonishing numbers; the whole earth is covered with them for the space of several leagues. The noise they make in browsing on the trees and herbage may be heard at a great distance, and resembles that of an army in secret. Wherever their myriads spread, the verdure of the country disappears; trees and plants, stripped of their leaves and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured by them."
blackness <07837> [as.]
huge <07227> [a great.]
been <01961> [there.]
generations ... come <01755> [many generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
fire <0784> [fire.]
land <0776> [the land.]
behind .............. behind <0310> [and behind.]
sound .......... crackling <06963> [the noise.]
sound .......... crackling ... blazing <06963 03851> [like the noise of a.]
mighty <06099> [a strong.]
faces <06440> [all.]
pale <06289> [blackness. Heb. pot.]
charge ..... scale <07323> [They shall run.]
In their progress, says Dr. Shaw, "they kept their ranks like men of war; climbing over every tree or wall that was in their way. Nay, they entered into our very houses and bedchambers, like so many thieves. Every effort of the inhabitants to stop them was unavailing; the trenches they had dug were quickly filled up, and the fires they had kindled extinguished, by infinite swarms succeeding each other."
scale <05927> [climb.]
<03212> [they shall march.]
defenses <07973> [sword. or, dart.]
go in <0935> [enter.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
sun <08121> [the sun.]
thunders <05414> [utter.]
<02428> [his army.]
<06099> [he is.]
day <03117> [the day.]
survive <03557> [who.]
return <07725> [turn.]
fasting <06685> [with fasting.]
<07167> [rend.]
Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent.
<0899> [your garments.]
merciful <02587> [for.]
slow <0750> [slow.]
relenting <05162> [and repenteth.]
knows <03045> [Who.]
reprieve <07604> [and leave.]
meal offering <04503> [even.]
Blow <08628> [Blow.]
holy <06942> [sanctify.]
sanctify <06942> [sanctify.]
Gather <06908> [assemble.]
bridegroom <02860> [let.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
vestibule <0197> [between.]
say .............................. said <0559> [and let.]
pity <02347> [Spare.]
turn <05414> [and give.]
nations <01471> [that.]
say ...................... proverb ......... said <04910 0559> [rule over them. or, use a byword against them.]
say .............................. said <0559> [wherefore.]
zealous <07065> [be.]
compassion <02550> [and pity.]
restore <07971> [I will send.]
satisfied <07646> [and ye.]
make <05414> [and I.]
remove ....... far <07368> [remove.]
one from the north <06830> [the northern.]
eastward <06931> [the east.]
Mediterranean <0314> [utmost.]
stench <0889> [his stink.]
accomplished <06213> [because.]
accomplished <06213> [done. Heb. magnified to do.]
fear <03372> [Fear.]
Rejoice <01523> [be glad.]
Lord <03068> [for.]
fear <03372> [afraid.]
pastures <04999> [for the pastures.]
trees <06086> [for the tree.]
yield <05414> [yield.]
Citizens <01121> [ye children.]
glad <08055> [rejoice.]
early rains ............. early <04175> [the former, etc. or, a teacher of righteousness.]
vindication <06666> [moderately. Heb. according to righteousness. he will.]
Lord ................................ formerly <03068 07223> [in.]
arbeh-locust <0697> [that.]
plenty ... eat <0398> [ye shall.]
praise <01984> [and praise.]
acted <06213> [that.]
people <05971> [and my.]
midst ....... Lord <07130 03068> [I am.]
midst <07130> [that I.]
people <05971> [and my.]
pour <08210> [that I.]
kinds <01320> [upon.]
daughters <01323> [your daughters.]
have revelatory <02492> [dream.]
I will produce <05414> [I will.]
columns <08490> [pillars.]
sunlight <08121> [sun.]
great <01419> [the great.]
calls ....................................... call <07121> [that]
Mount <02022> [for.]
Jerusalem ....... survive <03389 08300> [and in.]
