Thematic Bible
Joel 1:1 (show verse)
The word of Yahweh that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
Joel 1:2 (show verse)
Hear this, O elders, and give ear, all the inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days? Or the days of your ancestors?
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:3 (show verse)
Tell it to your children, and your children to their children, and their children to the following generation.
Joel 1:4 (show verse)
What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten. And what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
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)
Wake up, drunkards, and weep! Wail, all drinkers of wine, over the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:6 (show verse)
Because a nation has {invaded} my land, strong {and beyond counting}. Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and its fangs [are those] of a lioness.
Joel 1:7 (show verse)
It has made my vine a desolation, and my fig tree a completely splintered stump. It has stripped them bare and thrown [them] down; their branches have turned white.
Joel 1:8 (show verse)
Lament like a virgin girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:9 (show verse)
The offering and libation are withheld from the house of Yahweh. The priests mourn, the ministers of Yahweh.
Joel 1:10 (show verse)
The field is destroyed; the earth mourns because [the] grain is destroyed, [the] new wine dries up, [the] olive oil languishes.
Joel 1:11 (show verse)
Be ashamed, farmers; Wail, vinedressers, over [the] wheat and over [the] barley, because [the] harvest of the field is ruined.
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 withers and the fig tree droops. The pomegranate tree, and also the palm tree, the apple tree --all the trees of the field--are dried up. Indeed, joy is dried up among 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)
Gird yourselves and lament, O priests! Wail, ministers of [the] altar! Come spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God, because offering and libation 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)
Solemnize a fast! Call an assembly! Gather [the] elders, all [of] the inhabitants of the land [in] the house of Yahweh your God, and cry out to Yahweh.
Joel 1:15 (show verse)
Ah! For the day! For the day of Yahweh is near. It will come like destruction from Shaddai.
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:16 (show verse)
[Is] not food cut [off] before our eyes, from the house of our God, joy and gladness?
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:17 (show verse)
The seeds shrivel under their clods; the storehouses are desolate. The grain storage places are destroyed because grain has dried out.
Joel 1:18 (show verse)
How [the] beasts groan; the herds of cattle wander around because there is no pasture for them; [the] flocks of sheep are in distress.
Joel 1:19 (show verse)
To you, Yahweh, I cry out, because fire has devoured the pastures of the desert, and flames burned all the trees of the field.
Joel 1:20 (show verse)
Also, the beasts of [the] field long for you, because the courses of water are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the desert.