Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 1

67 catchwords396 parallels

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Joel 1 . 1 , Joel , declaring sundry judgments of God , exhorts to observe them , v.8 , and to mourn; v.14 , He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.

Joel 1:1

This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

Joel 1:1 · BSB

word4 parallels

to1 parallel

Joel 1:2

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?

Joel 1:2 · BSB

Hear12 parallels

ye old4 parallels

Hath6 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Joel 1:3

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

Joel 1:3 · BSB

the whole verse13 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Joel 1:4

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.

Joel 1:4 · BSB

That which the palmerworm hath left3 parallels

Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm

  • Joel 2:25
  • Amos 4:9 The learned Bochart , and others , are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words , gazam , yelek , arbeh , chasil , respectively rendered the palmer-worm , locust , canker-worm and caterpillar , denote four different species of locusts. See note on
  • Exodus 10:4

the locust eaten10 parallels

the cankerworm eaten1 parallel

the caterpillar3 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Joel 1:5

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.

Joel 1:5 · BSB

Awake4 parallels

weep5 parallels

for3 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Joel 1:6

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.

Joel 1:6 · BSB

nation3 parallels

my4 parallels

whose2 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Joel 1:7

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.

Joel 1:7 · BSB

laid8 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

barked my fig tree Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking

Joel 1:8

Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:8 · BSB

Lament9 parallels

the husband3 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Joel 1:9

Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

Joel 1:9 · BSB

meat4 parallels

the priests3 parallels

the Lord's3 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Joel 1:10

The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

Joel 1:10 · BSB

field8 parallels

the new6 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

dried up or , ashamed

Joel 1:11

Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:11 · BSB

ashamed3 parallels

because2 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Joel 1:12

The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

Joel 1:12 · BSB

The vine3 parallels

Dr. Shaw observes , that in Barbary , in the month of June the locusts are no sooner hatched than they collect themselves into compact bodies , each a "furlong or more square; and marching directly after they are come to life , make their way towards the sea and let nothing escape them , eating up everything that is green or juicy; not only the lesser vegetables , but the vine likewise , the fig-tree , the pomegranate , the palm , and the apple tree , even all the trees of the field."

the pomegranate4 parallels

joy8 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 1:13 · BSB

Gird6 parallels

ye ministers3 parallels

lie3 parallels

ye ministers5 parallels

for3 parallels

Reciprocal27 parallels

Joel 1:14

Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

Joel 1:14 · BSB

Sanctify4 parallels

solemn assembly2 parallels

or , day of restraint

the elders5 parallels

cry1 parallel

Reciprocal16 parallels

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 1:15 · BSB

Alas3 parallels

the day of9 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

Joel 1:16

Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Joel 1:16 · BSB

the meat4 parallels

joy9 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Joel 1:17

The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

Joel 1:17 · BSB

seed1 parallel

Heb. grains

Reciprocal6 parallels

Joel 1:18

How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Joel 1:18 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Joel 1:19

To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

Joel 1:19 · BSB

to thee9 parallels

the fire3 parallels

Reciprocal2 parallels

pastures or habitations

Joel 1:20

Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Joel 1:20 · BSB

cry4 parallels

the rivers2 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Echoes Luke 23:27-31 → Joel 1:12, Acts 2:5 → Joel 1:2
Chiasms
Shaped Joel 1:1–14, Joel 1:4–2:25
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