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Joel 2:1-11

Joel 2:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

These verses contain a further description of the calamity occasioned by the locusts and the appearance presented by them; the calling of a congregational meeting for penitence and prayer; the reason assigned in the coming of the day of the Lord.

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