Joel 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

Joel 1:6

For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

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ASV

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

KJV

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A nation is come up upon my land - That real locusts are intended there can be little doubt; but it is thought that this may be a double prophecy, and that the destruction by the Chaldeans may also be intended, and that the four kinds of locusts mentioned above may mean the four several attacks made on Judea by them.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Strong - Mighty in power, and undaunted in courage, if you refer it to the Assyrian or Babylonians; if to those vermin, they are, though each weak by itself, yet in those multitudes, strong and irresistible.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
גוֹי֙	goy	a nation	H1471 →
עָלָ֣ה	'a.Lah	it has come up	H5927 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אַרְצִ֔י	'ar.Tzi	land my	H776 →
עָצ֖וּם	'a.Tzum	mighty	H6099 →
וְאֵ֣ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
מִסְפָּ֑ר	mis.Par	[is] number	H4557 →
שִׁנָּיו֙	shi.Nav	teeth its	H8127 →
שִׁנֵּ֣י	shi.Nei	[are the] teeth of	H8127 →
אַרְיֵ֔ה	'ar.Yeh	a lion	H738 →
וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת	u.me.ta.le.'ot	and [the] fangs of	H4973 →
לָבִ֖יא	la.Vi'	a lioness	H3833 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	[belong] to it

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Joel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
leads to
- Zechariah 10:6
  I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them.…
- Joel 1:4–7
  What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
- Joel 2:2–11
  a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be…
Through
Proverbs 30:14
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
leads to
- Psalms 57:4
  My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalms 3:7
  Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 14:4
  Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
- Job 29:17
  I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Through
Isaiah 8:8
It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

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Where the connections lead

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Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Joel