1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

2 Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

3 Tell you your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

4 That which the palmerworm has left has the locust eaten; and that which the locust has left has the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm has left has the caterpillar eaten.

5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

6 For a nation is come up on my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.

7 He has laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he has made it clean bore, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.

10 The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.

11 Be you ashamed, O you farmers; howl, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; 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 sons of men.

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God.

14 Sanctify you a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD,

15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

20 The beasts of the field cry also to you: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

word: Jer 1:2, Eze 1:3, Hos 1:1, 2Pe 1:21

to: Act 2:16

Hear: Psa 49:1, Isa 34:1, Jer 5:21, Hos 5:1, Amo 3:1, Amo 4:1, Amo 5:1, Mic 1:2, Mic 3:1, Mic 3:9, Mat 13:9, Rev 2:7

ye old: Job 8:8, Job 12:12, Job 15:10, Job 21:7

Hath: Joe 2:2, Deu 4:32-35, Isa 7:17, Jer 30:7, Dan 12:1, Mat 24:21

Reciprocal: Exo 10:14 - very grievous Jer 13:15 - and Jer 28:8 - prophesied

Exo 10:1, Exo 10:2, Exo 13:14, Deu 6:7, Jos 4:6, Jos 4:7, Jos 4:21, Jos 4:22, Psa 44:1, Psa 71:18, Psa 78:3-8, Psa 145:4, Isa 38:19

Reciprocal: Psa 48:13 - that ye Psa 78:4 - We will Psa 78:6 - who Jer 2:3 - all that Hos 9:2 - floor Joe 2:2 - there

That which the palmerworm hath left: Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm, Joe 2:25, Amo 4:9, 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 note on Exo 10:4

the locust eaten: Exo 10:12-15, Deu 28:38, Deu 28:42, 1Ki 8:37, 2Ch 6:28, 2Ch 7:13, Psa 78:46, Psa 105:34, Amo 7:1, Rev 9:3-7

the cankerworm eaten: Nah 3:15-17

the caterpillar: Isa 33:4, Jer 51:14, Jer 51:27

Reciprocal: Exo 10:5 - the residue Deu 28:16 - in the field Deu 28:39 - for the worms 1Sa 6:5 - mice Pro 30:27 - The locusts Joe 2:3 - and behind Joe 2:20 - remove

Awake: Isa 24:7-11, Amo 6:3-7, Luk 21:34-36, Rom 13:11-14

weep: Joe 1:11, Joe 1:13, Jer 4:8, Eze 30:2, Jas 5:1

for: Isa 32:10-12, Luk 16:19, Luk 16:23-25

Reciprocal: Pro 23:21 - the drunkard Pro 23:34 - thou Isa 13:6 - Howl ye Isa 17:11 - the harvest Jer 48:33 - caused Joe 1:10 - the new Joe 1:16 - the meat Amo 8:3 - the songs Zep 1:11 - Howl 1Co 15:34 - Awake

nation: Joe 2:2-11, Joe 2:25, Pro 30:25-27

my: Psa 107:34, Isa 8:8, Isa 32:13, Hos 9:3

whose: Pro 30:14, Rev 9:7-10

Reciprocal: Exo 10:15 - For they Pro 30:27 - The locusts Rev 9:8 - and their

laid: Joe 1:12, Exo 10:15, Psa 105:33, Isa 5:6, Isa 24:7, Jer 8:13, Hos 2:12, Hab 3:17

barked my fig tree: Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking

Reciprocal: Pro 30:27 - The locusts Isa 32:10 - for Jer 2:3 - all that Mal 3:11 - neither

Lament: Joe 1:13-15, Joe 2:12-14, Isa 22:12, Isa 24:7-12, Isa 32:11, Jer 9:17-19, Jas 4:8, Jas 4:9, Jas 5:1

the husband: Pro 2:17, Jer 3:4, Mal 2:15

Reciprocal: Deu 28:16 - in the field Psa 69:11 - I made Isa 3:24 - a girding Jer 2:3 - all that Lam 1:4 - her priests Lam 2:10 - they have girded Amo 5:16 - Wailing Mic 2:4 - and lament

meat: Joe 1:13, Joe 1:16, Joe 2:14, Hos 9:4

the priests: Joe 2:17, Lam 1:4, Lam 1:16

the Lord’s: Exo 28:1, 2Ch 13:10, Isa 61:6

Reciprocal: Exo 29:40 - a drink Lev 2:1 - fine flour Lev 23:13 - the drink Num 6:15 - drink Num 15:9 - a meat Num 28:7 - to be poured Num 29:22 - drink offering 2Sa 1:21 - offerings Hos 9:2 - floor Amo 1:2 - the habitations 2Co 6:4 - as

field: Joe 1:17-20, Lev 26:20, Isa 24:3, Isa 24:4, Jer 12:4, Jer 12:11, Jer 14:2-6, Hos 4:3

the new: Joe 1:5, Joe 1:12, Isa 24:11, Jer 48:33, Hos 9:2, Hag 1:11

dried up: or, ashamed

Reciprocal: Gen 47:13 - fainted Rth 1:1 - a famine Psa 107:37 - which may Isa 15:6 - the grass Isa 24:7 - General Jer 4:28 - the earth Jer 8:13 - there Jer 9:10 - because Jer 23:10 - the land Joe 2:19 - I will send Amo 4:7 - and the Mic 6:15 - General Hab 3:17 - the fig tree Hag 1:6 - have

ashamed: Jer 14:3, Jer 14:4, Rom 5:5

because: Isa 17:11, Jer 9:12

Reciprocal: Rth 1:1 - a famine 2Ch 6:28 - locusts Isa 13:6 - Howl ye Jer 50:16 - the sower Eze 30:2 - Howl Joe 1:5 - weep Amo 5:16 - Wailing Amo 8:3 - the songs Jas 5:1 - weep

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." Joe 1:10, Hab 3:17, Hab 3:18

the pomegranate: Num 13:23, Psa 92:12, Son 2:3, Son 4:13, Son 7:7-9

joy: Joe 1:16, Psa 4:7, Isa 9:3, Isa 16:10, Isa 24:11, Jer 48:3, Hos 9:1, Hos 9:2

Reciprocal: Isa 32:10 - for Jer 48:33 - joy Joe 1:7 - laid Jon 4:7 - it withered Mal 3:11 - neither

Gird: Joe 1:8, Joe 1:9, Joe 2:17, Jer 4:8, Jer 9:10, Eze 7:18

ye ministers: 1Co 9:13, Heb 7:13, Heb 7:14

lie: 2Sa 12:16, 1Ki 21:27, Jon 3:5-8

ye ministers: Isa 61:6, 1Co 4:1, 2Co 3:6, 2Co 6:4, 2Co 11:23

for: Joe 1:9, Lev 2:8-10, Num 29:6

Reciprocal: Exo 29:40 - a drink Lev 23:13 - the drink Num 6:15 - drink Num 28:7 - to be poured Num 29:22 - drink offering 1Ki 8:35 - confess 2Ch 6:26 - if they pray Neh 9:1 - children Psa 69:11 - I made Isa 13:6 - Howl ye Isa 22:12 - call Isa 37:2 - General Jer 36:9 - they Jer 48:33 - caused Eze 21:12 - howl Dan 9:3 - with Hos 9:4 - shall not Hos 9:5 - in Joe 1:5 - weep Joe 1:16 - the meat Joe 2:14 - even Amo 8:3 - the songs Mic 2:4 - and lament Zep 1:11 - Howl Zec 11:3 - a voice Mal 1:9 - beseech Jas 5:1 - weep

Sanctify: Joe 2:15, Joe 2:16, 2Ch 20:3, 2Ch 20:4

solemn assembly: or, day of restraint, Lev 23:36, Neh 8:18

the elders: Deu 29:10, Deu 29:11, 2Ch 20:13, Neh 9:2, Neh 9:3

cry: Jon 3:8

Reciprocal: Lev 23:2 - proclaim Num 10:2 - the calling Deu 16:8 - solemn assembly Jdg 20:18 - house of Jdg 20:26 - wept 2Sa 12:22 - I fasted 2Ki 10:20 - Proclaim 2Ch 7:9 - solemn assembly Ezr 8:21 - I proclaimed Neh 9:1 - children Est 4:16 - fast Isa 1:13 - the new Amo 5:16 - Wailing Jon 3:5 - and proclaimed Zep 2:1 - gather together Mal 1:9 - beseech

Alas: Joe 2:2, Jer 30:7, Amo 5:16-18

the day of: Joe 2:1, Psa 37:13, Isa 13:6-9, Eze 7:2-12, Eze 12:22-28, Zep 1:14-18, Luk 19:41-44, Jas 5:9, Rev 6:17

Reciprocal: Deu 7:23 - shall destroy 1Ki 17:12 - that we may eat it 1Ki 18:2 - a sore Est 4:16 - fast Job 23:16 - Almighty Job 31:23 - destruction Isa 24:11 - a crying Jer 4:20 - upon destruction Jer 46:10 - the day Eze 6:11 - Alas Eze 13:5 - the day Amo 5:18 - the day of the Lord is 2Pe 3:10 - the day Rev 4:8 - Lord God Almighty Rev 18:10 - Alas

the meat: Joe 1:5-9, Joe 1:13, Amo 4:6, Amo 4:7

joy: Deu 12:6, Deu 12:7, Deu 12:11, Deu 12:12, Deu 16:10-15, Psa 43:4, Psa 105:3, Isa 62:8, Isa 62:9

Reciprocal: Rth 1:1 - a famine 1Ki 17:12 - that we may eat it Jer 3:3 - the showers Jer 48:33 - joy Joe 1:9 - meat Joe 1:12 - joy Joe 2:14 - even Amo 1:2 - the habitations Hab 3:17 - the fig tree

seed: Heb. grains, Gen 23:16

Reciprocal: Gen 7:21 - General Isa 5:10 - one Isa 19:7 - every Jer 14:4 - the plowmen Joe 1:10 - field Mal 2:3 - I will

Joe 1:20, 1Ki 18:5, Jer 12:4, Jer 14:5, Jer 14:6, Hos 4:3, Rom 8:22

Reciprocal: Deu 11:15 - And I will 2Sa 21:10 - took sackcloth Job 6:5 - loweth Job 36:33 - the cattle Psa 104:21 - seek Isa 19:7 - every Eze 26:17 - How art Joe 2:22 - afraid Jon 3:7 - herd Hag 1:10 - General Rom 8:20 - the creature

to thee: Psa 50:15, Psa 91:15, Mic 7:7, Hab 3:17, Hab 3:18, Luk 18:1, Luk 18:7, Php 4:6, Php 4:7

the fire: Joe 2:3, Jer 9:10, Amo 7:4

pastures: or habitations

Reciprocal: Jer 14:4 - the ground Joe 2:22 - for the pastures

cry: Job 38:41, Psa 104:21, Psa 145:15, Psa 147:9

the rivers: 1Ki 17:7, 1Ki 18:5

Reciprocal: Psa 107:33 - turneth Jer 14:3 - pits Jer 14:4 - the ground Joe 1:18 - General Joe 2:3 - fire