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.
Read in contextAmos 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.
Read in contextAmos 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.
Read in contextPsalms 78:46
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
Read in contextExodus 10:4
But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
Read in contextIsaiah 33:4
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:38
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
Read in contextPsalms 105:34
He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
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