Joel 1:6
4 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.
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.
7 It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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 cheek teeth of a lioness.
- BLB
- For a nation has come up against My land, strong and without number; his teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and the fangs of a fierce lion [are] unto him.
- ÅB
- For et folk har draget opp over mitt land sterkt og talløst; dets tenner er som en løves tenner, og det har jeksler som en løvinne.
- OTB
- For et folk har invadert mitt land,
mektig og uten tall;
det har tennene til en løve
og hoggtennene til en løvinne. - B1930
- For et folk har draget op over mitt land sterkt og talløst; dets tenner er som en løves tenner, og det har jeksler som en løvinne.
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 contextJoel 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 in ages to come.
Read in contextIsaiah 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!
Read in contextRevelation 9:7–10
And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.
Read in contextProverbs 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.
Read in contextPsalms 107:34
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
Read in contextProverbs 30:25–27
The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
Read in contextIsaiah 32:13
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
Read in context