2 Peter 1:21; Acts 2:16; Ezekiel 1:3; Hosea 1:1; Jeremiah 1:2
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 tri...
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. The Argument - The Prophet Joel first rebukes those of Judah, that being now punished wit...
Joel 1:1 . A Short Superscription.
TITLE. The word of the LORD. Therefore not Joel's. This is the Divine key to the book Joel's pen, but not Joel's words, Compare Acts 1:16 for. si...
The word of Jehovah which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. He names here his father; it is hence probable that he was a man well known and of...
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. The word of the Lord that came to Joel - See the introduction for some account of this pro...
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. The word of the Lord that came to Joel. He records nothing of himself except his d...
Joel ] see Intro. Pethuel ] entirely unknown. 4 . The palmerworm, cankerworm, caterpiller , and locust , are not different insects, but in the...
The Coming of the Locusts a Harbinger of the Day of the Lord After the title ( Joel 1:1 ), the prophet announces an unheard of and long to be reme...
Joel. — Compounded of Jehovah — El, the composite title of the God of Revelation and of Nature, which is the subject of Psalms 19 . It was a favou...
a Summons to Penitence Joel 1:1-20 ; Joel 2:1-11 We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's mouthpiece and remain un...
Joel was especially a prophet to Judah. The burden of his message was the Day of the Lord. It seems to be one remarkable utterance rather than notes...
CONTENTS. The Prophecy begins with an account of a dreadful affliction to be accomplished on Judea. The Prophet exhorts the people to repentance, an...
The prophecy opens in a very striking manner. It is the Lord's word, and therefore demands man's attention. And all ranks and orders are appealed unt...
THE PROPHET JOEL ‘The word of the Lord that came to Joel.’ Joel 1:1 There is this value in the study of Joel—that he touches nearly the whol...
The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Who this Pethuel was is not known; Jarchi takes him to be the same with Samuel the proph...
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Ver. 1. The word of the Lord that came, &c. ] See the note on Hosea 1:1 , with who...
Hear this, ye old men Ye that have seen and remember many things. Hath this been in your days , &c. Give attention; and when you have heard an...
Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 720. 1...
JOEL CHAPTER 1 Joel declareth the destruction of the fruits of the earth by noxious insects, Joel 1:1-7 , and by a long drought, Joel 1:8-13...
‘The word of YHWH which came to Joel the son of Pethuel.' The whole prophecy is summed up in these words. It is to be seen as ‘the word of YHWH', th...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The prophecy opens with lamentation over the land, made desolate by successive swarms of locusts. Joel 1:2-4 contain the spirite...
Joel 1:1 . Joel, the son of Pethuel. Nothing can be gathered from antiquity of this prophet, but what appears from his writings. His father was ei...
The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Joel Great as is the variety in the works of nature, it is no less so in the treasur...
EXPOSITION Joel 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel . The name Joel signifies "Jehovah is God," or "whose God is...
The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel, the superscription assuring us that we are not getting Joel's own ideas, but the inspired...
A Description of the Calamity
Came to Joel — Probably in the latter end of Jeroboam the second's reign over Israel and in the days of Uzziah, over Judah.
1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.