Joel 1:4

2 Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

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.

5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
WEB
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.
ASV
That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
DARBY
that which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
BLB
The remainder of the devouring locust the swarming locust has eaten; and the remainder of the swarming locust the young locust has eaten; and the remainder of the young locust the destroying locust has eaten.
ÅB
Hva gnageren[^1] har levnet, har vrimleren* ett, og hva vrimleren har levnet, har slikkeren* ett, og hva slikkeren har levnet, har skaveren* ett.
OTB
Det gnagende gresshoppen lot være, har den svermende gresshoppen spist;
det den svermende gresshoppen lot være, har den krypende gresshoppen spist;
det den krypende gresshoppen lot være, har den strippende gresshoppen spist.
B1930
Hvad gnageren har levnet, har vrimleren ett, og hvad vrimleren har levnet, har slikkeren ett, og hvad slikkeren har levnet, har skaveren ett. / < forskjellige navn på gresshopper.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Amos 4:9

    “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

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  • Amos 7:1

    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.

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  • Psalms 78:46

    He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

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  • Exodus 10:4

    But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

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  • Isaiah 33:4

    Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:38

    You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

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  • Psalms 105:34

    He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.

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