Joel

1 A prophecy against the Jews. 2 He exhorteth the people to prayer and fasting for the misery that was at hand.

The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Hear ye this, O [a]Elders, and hearken ye all inhabitants of the land, whether [b]such a thing hath been in your days, or yet in the days of your fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:2 Signifying the Princes, the Priests and the governors.
  2. Joel 1:2 He calleth the Jews to the consideration of God’s judgments, who had now plagued the fruits of the ground for the space of four years, which was for their sins, and to call them to repentance.

The word of the Lord that came(A) to Joel(B) son of Pethuel.

An Invasion of Locusts

Hear this,(C) you elders;(D)
    listen, all who live in the land.(E)
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
    or in the days of your ancestors?(F)

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