Joel 1:1
in Joel 1This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
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The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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This verse in Joel 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verse(Chapter 1, Verse 1) The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. The Seventy Interpreters translated Pethuel as Bathuel, which has no meaning in Hebrew. However, Pethuel is translated into our language as the breadth of God, or God opening, as we read in Mark with the Savior saying to the deaf-mute: Ephphatha, which means, be opened (Mark 7).
This site's exposition
the word of the LORD that came to Joel
on Joel 1:1-4
Joel is named only as the son of Pethuel, and no king or era is given. Verse 4 names four in sequence, "the devouring locust", "the swarming locust", "the young locust" and "the destroying locust". The charge "Tell it to your children" makes the disaster a testimony handed down.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hath this been, &c.--that is, Hath any so grievous a calamity as this ever been before? No such plague of locusts had been since the ones in Egypt. Ex 10:14 is not at variance with this verse, which refers to Judea, in which Joel says there had been no such devastation before.
The word of the Lord that came to Joel - See the introduction for some account of this prophet, whose history is very obscure. Bishop Newcome thinks that he prophesied while the kingdom of Judah subsisted, and refers to Joe 2:1, Joe 2:15, (see also Joe 1:14 (note), and the note there), but not long before its subversion as his words, Joe 3:1, seem to imply that its captivity was approaching. See 2Ki 21:10-15. He therefore favors the conjecture of Drusius, that this prophet lived under Manasseh, and before his conversion, 2Ch 33:13; that is, some time from before Christ 697 to (suppose) 660.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The word of the Lord that came to Joel - Joel, like Hosea, mentions the name of his father only, and then is silent about his extraction, his tribe, his family. He leaves even the time when he lived, to be guessed at. He would be known only, as the instrument of God. “The word of the Lord came to” him (see the note at Hos 1:1), and he willed simply to be the voice which uttered it.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָיָ֔ה | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יוֹאֵ֖ל | yoel | Joel | H3100 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פְּתוּאֵֽל׃ | petuel | Pethuel | H6602 → |
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָיָ֔הit came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יוֹאֵ֖לJoel
yoelH3100 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
פְּתוּאֵֽל׃Pethuel
petuelH6602 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- 1 Peter 1:11
trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- Luke 1:70
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
- Acts 1:16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
Through
Acts 2:16No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
it leads to
- Joel 2:28–32
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Joel 2:28–32
Through
Hosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of…
it leads to
- Romans 9:25
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- Micah 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 9:25
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Joel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).