Thematic Bible
Joel 1:1 (show verse)
The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
Joel 1:2 (show verse)
Hear this, O elders,
Listen closely, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing as this occurred in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers?
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:3 (show verse)
Tell your children about it,
And let your children tell their children,
And their children the next generation.
Joel 1:4 (show verse)
What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten [in judgment of Judah].
Agriculture » Foes of » Locusts
Agriculture » Foes of » Caterpillars
Agriculture » Foes of » Palmerworm
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Cankerworm » Sent as a judgment
Caterpillar » Sent as a judgment
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
Harvest » Failure of » Occasioned by locusts
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
Locusts » Devastation by
Locusts » The jews » Often plagued by
Palmerworm » Foe of agriculture
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by locusts, &c
Agriculture » Foes of » Caterpillars
Agriculture » Foes of » Palmerworm
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Cankerworm » Sent as a judgment
Caterpillar » Sent as a judgment
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
Harvest » Failure of » Occasioned by locusts
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
Locusts » Devastation by
Locusts » The jews » Often plagued by
Palmerworm » Foe of agriculture
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by locusts, &c
Joel 1:5 (show verse)
Awake [from your intoxication], you drunkards, and weep;
Wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the [fresh] sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:6 (show verse)
For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land [like locusts],
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
Joel 1:7 (show verse)
It has made My vine (My people) a waste and object of horror,
And splintered and broken My fig tree.
It has stripped them completely bare and thrown them away;
Their branches have become white.
Joel 1:8 (show verse)
Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with
For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].
Joel 1:9 (show verse)
The [daily] grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
From the house of the Lord;
The priests mourn
Who minister to the Lord.
Joel 1:10 (show verse)
The field is ruined,
The ground mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The fresh oil fails.
Joel 1:11 (show verse)
Be ashamed, O farmers;
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and for the barley,
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
Agriculture » Products of » Barley
Agriculture » Fruits blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Produce of, often blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Grain » Barley
Harvest » Failure of » A cause of great grief
Agriculture » Fruits blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Produce of, often blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Grain » Barley
Harvest » Failure of » A cause of great grief
Joel 1:12 (show verse)
The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up,
Indeed, joy dries up and withdraws
From the sons of men.
Apple » Fruit
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Apples
Fruits » Often destroyed » By blight
Palm trees » Blasted as a punishment
Pomegranate-trees » The blasting of, a great calamity
Trees » Varieties » Palm
Trees » Varieties » Apple
Trees » Varieties » Pomegranate
The vine » Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Apples
Fruits » Often destroyed » By blight
Palm trees » Blasted as a punishment
Pomegranate-trees » The blasting of, a great calamity
Trees » Varieties » Palm
Trees » Varieties » Apple
Trees » Varieties » Pomegranate
The vine » Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment
Joel 1:13 (show verse)
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth
And lament (cry out in grief), O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth [and pray without ceasing],
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
Drink offering » Omission of, caused by bad vintage
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Meat offerings » The jews » Often prevented from offering, by judgments
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
Sackcloth » The jews lay in, when in deep affliction
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Meat offerings » The jews » Often prevented from offering, by judgments
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
Sackcloth » The jews lay in, when in deep affliction
Joel 1:14 (show verse)
Consecrate a fast,
Proclaim a solemn assembly,
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
To the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord [in penitent pleadings].
Joel 1:15 (show verse)
Alas for the day!
For the [judgment] day of the Lord is at hand,
And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:16 (show verse)
Has not the food been cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:17 (show verse)
The seeds [of grain] shrivel under the clods,
The storehouses are desolate and empty,
The barns are in ruins
Because the grain is dried up.
Joel 1:18 (show verse)
How the animals groan!
The herds of cattle are bewildered and wander aimlessly
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep suffer.
Joel 1:19 (show verse)
O Lord, I cry out to You,
For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
Joel 1:20 (show verse)
Even the wild animals pant [in longing] for You;
For the water brooks are dried up
And fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.