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KJB-1611 1 Ioel, declaring sundry iudgements of God, exhorteth to obserue them, 8 and to mourne. 14 He prescribeth a fast, for complaint.
(1 Yoel, declaring sundry judgements of God, exhorteth to observe them, 8 and to mourne. 14 He prescribeth a fast, for complaint.)
In this chapter, Joel describes the effects of the locust attack and calls the people to mourn.Because it is poetry, after the book title in 1:1, the ULT sets the lines of this chapter farther to the right on the page than its usual text.
This book starts very dramatically with the imagery of the locusts and the devastation that they produce. Five different kinds of locusts appear to come, and they progressively destroy the vegetation, including the crops, vineyards, and even the trees. It was common for farmers in the ancient Near East to experience large locust swarms that would come and eat all the crops in their fields. Translators should translate simply, presenting the scenes of locusts as Joel describes them.
Several times in this chapter (1:9, 1:13, 1:14, 1:16), Joel uses the term “house” to mean Yahweh’s “temple.” He speaks of this temple as if it were a house in which God lived, since God’s presence was there. (See: figs-metaphor)