Before Christ

circa

800.

a Pfal. 78.

Chap.

CHAP. I.

Foel declaring fundry judgments of God, exhorteth to obferve them, & and to mourn: 14 He prefcribeth a faft for complaint.

HE word of the LORD that came to Joel the fon of Pethuel.

2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land: hath this been in your days, or even

in the days of your fathers?
3 a Tell ye your children of it, and let your
children tell their children, and their children
another generation.

4 That which the palmer-worm hath 5.25. b. left, hath the locuft eaten; and that which the The refidue locuft hath left, hath the canker-worm eaten ; of the arm, and that which the canker-worm hath left, hath the caterpiller eaten.

• So Prov.

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

6 For a nation is come up upon my land, 30. 25 ftrong and without number, whofe teeth are Rev. 9. the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek-teeth of a great lion.

26, 27.

Heb. 7 He hath laid my vine wafte, and + barked laid my fg- my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and caft it away, the branches thereof are made white.

Bree for a

barking.

Verf.13. Chap. 2

14

Or, ashamed.

1 Hefbeweth unto Zion the terribleness of Gods judgment: 12 He exhorteth to repentance, 15 prefcribeth a faft, 18 promifeth a blessing thereon: 21 He comforteth Zion with prefent, 28 and fu ture bleffings.

corner.

cloth for the husband of her youth.

9 The meat-offering, and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priefts the LORDS ministers mourn.

10 The field is wafted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wafted: the new wine is dried up, the oyl languisheth.

11 Be ye afhamed, O ye husbandmen: howl, Oye vine-dreffers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harveft of the field is perished.

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languifheth, the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree alfo, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the Je48. field are withered because joy is withered from the fons of men.

3.3.

g Verf. 9.

2.15

away

Gird your felves, and lament, ye priests: 13 Chap. howl, ye minifters of the altar: come, lie all night in fackcloth, ye minifters of my God: for 8 the meat-offering and the drink-offering is withholden from the houfe of your God. Lir aint 14. Sanctific ye a faft, call a folemn

¡ Chap. 23.36.

# Or,

day of re

alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for a the day of Chape the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

1.-15.

Zeph. 1.

b Amos

Verf. 11.

2 b A day of darkness and of gloominels, a 1415. day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the,.18. morning fpread upon the mountains: a great 25. people and a strong, there hath not been ever Chap. 1.6. the like, neither fhall be any more after it, even Exod. to the years + of many generations.

d

10. 14.

+ Heb.. tion and

generation.

3. A fire devoureth before them, and be-of genera hind them a flame burneth: the land is as f the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a Chap. defolate wilderness, yea, and nothing fhall efcape them.

1. 19. 8.& 13

Gen. 2.

10.

4 6 The appearance of them as the appea-g Rev.9.7% rance of horfes, and as horsemen, fo fhall they

circa

Or,

dart.

Ifai. 13.

10.

8 Neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the [fword, they shall not be wounded.

9 They fhall run to and fro in the city: they fhall run upon the wall, they fhall climb up upon the houses: they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

10 The earth fhall quake before them, the Ezek. 32. heavens fhall tremble; the fun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars fhall withdraw their fhining;

7:

Verf. 31. Chap. 3.

15. I Chap. 3.16.

:

11 And the LORD fhall utter his voice before his army for his camp is very great: for m Jer. 30. be is strong that executeth his word, for the m day of the LORD is great and very terrible, and who can abide it?

7.

Amos 5. 18. Zeph. 1.

15. Afhwednesday.

12

Therefore also now, faith the LORD, " turn ye even to me with all your heart, and Epiftle with fafting, and with weeping, and with toy. 18. mourning. n Jer. 4. 1. 。 Pfal. 51.

Verf. 12.

13 And rent your heart and not your gar17. ments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for p Exod. he is P gracious and merciful, flow to anger, Pl. 86. and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

34.6.

5,15.

Jonah 4.2. 9 Jolh. 14. 12.

14 9 Who knoweth if he will return and reSam, 12. Pent, and leave a bleffing behind him, even sa meat-offering, and a drink-offering unto the LORD your God?

22.

2 Kings 19.4. Amos 5.

15Blow the trumpet in Zion, fanctifie

15. a faft, call a folemn affembly.

Jonah 3.9. Zeph. 2.3.

8.

16 Gather the people fanctifie the con▾ Ilai. 65. gregation: affemble the elders: gather the children, and those that fuck the breafts: v let the Numb. bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

s Chap. y 1.9.

10.3.

Chap. 1.14.

JI Cor.

17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, * Exod. weep between the porch and the altar, and let 19.10.22 them fay, Spare thy people, O LORD, and 7.5. give not thine heritage to reproach; that the heathen should rule over them: a wherefore Matth, 23. fhould they fay among the people, Where is

z Ezek. 8.16.

35.

Or,

ufe a byword a

their God?

18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his gainst them, land, and pity his people.

10. 115.

2.

a Pfal. 42. 19 Yea, the LORD will anfwer and say unto 10. & 79,, his people, Behold, I will fend you corn, and wine, and oyl, and ye fhall be fatisfied thereMic. 7.10. with: and I will no more make you a reproach Exod. 10. among the heathen.

19.

See

c Jer. 1,

20° But I will remove far off from you the 14. northern army, and will drive him into a land 47.18. barren, and defolate, with his face d toward the

d Ezek.

22 Be not afraid, ye beafts of the field: for magnified the pastures of the wilderness do fpring, for the f Zech. tree beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and the vine 8. 12. do yield their strength.

23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoyce in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain + moderately, and or, he will caufe to come down for you h the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the firft nefs. month.

24 And the floors fhall be full of wheat,

Chrift

Gods judgments Before bring them down into the valley of Jehofhaphat, and will plead with them there for my 800. people, and for my heritage Ifrael, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

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3 And they have caft lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and fold a girl for wine that they might drink.

4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the coafts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompenfe me, fwiftly and fpeedily will I return your recompence upon your own head.

5 Because ye have taken my filver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my +Heb. goodly + pleafant things.

defirable. + Heb. the fons of

6 The children alfo of Judah, and the children of Jerufalem have ye fold unto the Grethe Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their cians. border.

See Ifai.

7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have fold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head.

8 And I will fell your fons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall fell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off; for the LORD hath spoken it. 9b Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles: + Heb. † prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let fan&ific. all the men of war draw near, let them come up. 10 Beat your plow-fhares into fwords, and your pruning-hooks into fpears; d let the weak || fay, I am strong.

8.9, 10.

• Ifai. 2.4. Mic. 4. 3.

Or, fithes.

dZech. 12.8.

|| Or,

11 Affemble your felves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather your felves together round felves together round the LORD about: thither caufe thy mighty ones to come Shall bring de 17. down, O LORD.

against his enemies.

more.

m

2. 27.

+ Heb. m Ifai. 35.

21.

n Amos

18 And it fhall come to pass in that day holiness. that the mountains fhall" drop down new wine, s. and the hills fhall flow with milk, and all the Zech.14. rivers of Judah fhall flow with waters, and Rev. 21. a fountain fhall come forth of the house of the 27LORD, and fhall water P the valley of Shittim. 9.13. 19 9 Egypt fhall be a defolation, and Edom + Heb, ge fhall be a defolate wilderness, for the violence 47.1. against the children of Judah, because they have Zech. 14. fhed innocent blood in their land.

A

20 But Judah fhall dwell for ever, and Jerufalem from generation to generation.

21 For I will cleanfe their blood that I have not cleansed, for the LORD dwelleth in or, Zion.

S

abide. ▾ Verf. 17

Rev. 31. 3. Or, even I the LORD that dwelleth in Zion.

4 Thus faith the LORD, For three tranf-24.17. greffions of Judah, and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof: because they have defpifed the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused a Ifai. 28. them to err, after the which their fathers have 15: walked.

Jer. 16. 19, 20.

25.

5 But I will fend a fire upon Judah, and it Rom. 1. fhall devour the palaces of Jerufalem.

6 Thus faith the LORD, For three tranfgreffions of Ifrael, and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof: because they folde Chap. the righteous for filver, and the poor for a pair of fhoes.

7 That pant after the duft of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn afide the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the fame maid, to profane my holy name.

8.6.

| Or,

young

man.

22.26.

fuch as have

8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes flaid to pledge, by every altar, and they drink f Exod. the wine of the condemned in the houfe of their or, god. 9 Yet deftroyed I the Amorite before med. them, h whofe height was like the height of the & Numb. cedars, and he was ftrong as the oaks, yet I Deut. 2. i destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots 31. from beneath.

21.24.

Joth. 24.8. h Numb.

33.

10 Alfo I brought you up from the land of 13.28, 32, Egypt, and led you forty years through the wil-'irai. s. dernels, to poffefs the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up of your fons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Ifrael? faith the

LORD.

24. Mal. 4. I.

Exod. 12.51. Numb.

Mic. 6. 4.

6.2.

Ifai. 3ə.

10.

Jer. 11.21.

a

Chap. 7.

12, 13. Mic. 2. 6.

14.

|| Or,

14 Therefore the flight fhall perish from the fwift, and the strong fhall not strengthen his force, neither fhall the mighty deliver himself. I will prefs' 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the your place bow, and be that is swift of foot fhall not deliver full of hea himself, neither fhall he that rideth the horse de

liver himself.

16 And be that is + couragious among the

as a cart

ves preffeth. • Chap. 9. 1, &c.

his foul, or,

mighty, that fe away naked in that day, faith f the LORD.

CHAP. III.

+ Heb. frong of his

heart.

The neceffity of God's judgments.

Before the whole family which I brought up from the Chrift land of Egypt, faying,

a Deut.

787. 2 a You only have I known of all the families 7.6. & 10. of the earth: btherefore I will + punish you for 15. all your iniquities.

b See Dan.

9. 12.

3 Can two walk together, except they be

Matth. 11.agreed?

22. Luke 12. 47.

Rom. 2.9.

1 Pet. 4.

17.

4 Will a lion rore in the foreft when he hath no prey? will a young lion † cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

5 Can a bird fall in a fnare upon the earth where no gin is for him? fhall one take up a Heb. fnare from the earth, and have taken nothing at give forth his voice. all?

f Acts 4. thereof. 20.& 5. 20, 29.

#Or, oppreffions. Or,

fpoil.

delivereth.

10 For they know not to do right, faith the LORD; who ftore up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, An adverfary there fhall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy ftrength from thee, and thy palaces fhall be spoiled.

12 Thus faith the LORD, as the fhepherd Heb. taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; fo fhall the children of Ifrael be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in the corner of a bed, and in Damafcus in a couch.

C

Chrift

b Pfal. 89.

16.

Hab. I. 15. d Ezek. 12.5, 12.

2 b The Lord God hath fworn by his holi-, 787. nefs, that lo, the days fhall come upon you, 35. that he will take you away with hooks, and Jer. 16. your pofterity with fish-hooks. 3 And d ye fhall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her, and ye or, shall cast them into the palace, faith the LORD. ye shall caft 4 Come to Beth-el and tranfgrefs, at things of the Gilgal multiply tranfgreffion; and bring your Palace. 4. facrifices every morning, and your tithes after 15.8 12. three years.

58 Ánd + offer a facrifice of thanksgiving Deut. with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free- 14.28. offerings; for this liketh you, O ye children three years of Ifrael, faith the Lord GOD.

of days.

Lev. 7.

+ Heb.

6 And I alfo have given you cleanness of 13. & 23, teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all + Heb. your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, offer hy faith the LORD. barning. And also I have withholden the rain from foye love. 7 you, when there were yet three months to the harvest, and I caufed it to rain upon one city, and caufed it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not, withered.

9

28.22. Hag, 2.17.

8 So two or three cities wandred unto one city, to drink water; but they were not fatisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, faith & Deut. the LORD. h I have fmitten you with blafting and or, mildew; I when your gardens and your vine- tude of you? yards, and your fig-trees, and your olive-trees gardens, increased, the palmer-worm devoured them: did the palmeryet have ye not returned unto me, faith the worm, &c. LORD.

the multi

&c.

iJoel 1.4 & 2.25.

in the way.

captivity of

10 I have fent among you the peftilence af- Or, ter the manner of Egypt: your young men have + Heb. I flain with the fword, and have taken away with the your horfes, and I have made the stink of your your horses. campsito come up unto your noftrils: yet have Gen. 19. ye not returned unto me, faith the LORD.

24. 25.

Ifai. 13.

Jer.49.18.

11 I have overthrown fome of you, as God 19. overthrew * Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye zech.3. were as a firebrand pluckt out of the burning: 2. yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Jude 23. LORD,

m See

Ezek. 13

30.

12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O If- 5. & 22. rael: and because I will do this unto thee, m pre- Luke 14 pare to meet thy God, O Ifrael.

32, 32. || Ок, n Dan. 2.

32.13.&

For lo, he that formeth the mountains, pirit. 13 and createth the wind, and declareth unto 28. man what is his thought, that maketh the morn-⚫ Deut. ing darkness, and treadeth upon the high places 23.29. of the earth, P the LORD, the God of hofts is Mc 1.3. his name. CHAP.

P Chip & 8.& 9.6