Thematic Bible
Joel 1:1 (show verse)
The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
Joel 1:2 (show verse)
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:3 (show verse)
Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
Joel 1:4 (show verse)
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar 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, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:6 (show verse)
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
Joel 1:7 (show verse)
He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.
Joel 1:8 (show verse)
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
Joel 1:9 (show verse)
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.
Joel 1:10 (show verse)
The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
Joel 1:11 (show verse)
Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for 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 has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away 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)
Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.
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)
Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
Joel 1:15 (show verse)
Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:16 (show verse)
Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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Joel 1:17 (show verse)
The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
Joel 1:18 (show verse)
How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Joel 1:19 (show verse)
Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
Joel 1:20 (show verse)
Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.