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Joel 1:8
Joel 1:8
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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prophet speaks of it as a thing to come and gives warning of it…Joel 1 — OverviewJoel 1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJoel 1:1, Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, exhorts to observe them, v.8, and to mourn; v.14, He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.Joel 1 — OverviewJoel 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn some Hebrew Bibles this prophecy is called "Sepher Joel", the Book of Joel; in the Vulgate Latin version, the Prophecy of Joel; and in the Syriac version, the Prophecy of the Prophet Joel; and the Arabic version, the…Joel 1:8-13Joel 1:8-13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe judgment is here described as very lamentable, and such as all
sorts of people should share in; it shall not only rob the drunkards of
their pleasure (if that were the worst of it, it might be the better…Joel 1:8Joel 1:8 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLament: Joel 1:13-15, Joel 2:12-14; Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 24:7-12, Isaiah 32:11; Jeremiah 9:17-19; James 4:8-9; James 5:1
the husband: Proverbs 2:17; Jeremiah 3:4; Malachi 2:15