Thematic Bible
Joel 1:1 (show verse)
This message from the LORD came to Pethuel's son Joel.
Joel 1:2 (show verse)
"Hear this, you elders! Listen, all of you residents of the land! Has there ever been anything like this during your lifetime, or even when your ancestors were alive?
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:3 (show verse)
Pass it on to your children, and from your children to their children, and from their children to the following generation.
Joel 1:4 (show verse)
Whatever the devouring locust left behind the locust swarm has consumed! Whatever the locust swarm has left behind, the young locust has consumed! Whatever the young locust has left behind, the ravaging locust has consumed!"
Agriculture » Foes of » Locusts
Agriculture » Foes of » Caterpillars
Agriculture » Foes of » Palmerworm
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Cankerworm » Sent as a judgment
Caterpillar » Sent as a judgment
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
Harvest » Failure of » Occasioned by locusts
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
Locusts » Devastation by
Locusts » The jews » Often plagued by
Palmerworm » Foe of agriculture
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by locusts, &c
Agriculture » Foes of » Caterpillars
Agriculture » Foes of » Palmerworm
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Cankerworm » Sent as a judgment
Caterpillar » Sent as a judgment
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
Harvest » Failure of » Occasioned by locusts
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
Locusts » Devastation by
Locusts » The jews » Often plagued by
Palmerworm » Foe of agriculture
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by locusts, &c
Joel 1:5 (show verse)
"Wake up, you drunkards! Cry aloud and howl, you wine drinkers, because your supply of new wine has been snatched from you.
Joel 1:6 (show verse)
Indeed, a nation has invaded my land it is strong and its population is too large to count with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
Joel 1:7 (show verse)
That nation laid waste my vines, and stripped bare my fig tree, discarding it. It stripped off its bark.
Joel 1:8 (show verse)
"Grieve like a virgin, who, dressed in her mourner's clothes, cries out in memory of the man she was going to marry.
Joel 1:9 (show verse)
Both grain offering and wine offering have been removed from the LORD's Temple; the priests and ministering servants of the LORD are mourning."
Joel 1:10 (show verse)
"The fields lie in ruins and the ground is dried up. Indeed, the grain is ruined, the new wine has evaporated, and the olive oil has run out.
Joel 1:11 (show verse)
Be dismayed, you farmers! Cry aloud, you vintners, for the wheat and barley, because the harvest in your fields has been lost.
Agriculture » Products of » Barley
Agriculture » Fruits blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Produce of, often blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Grain » Barley
Harvest » Failure of » A cause of great grief
Agriculture » Fruits blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Produce of, often blasted because of sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Grain » Barley
Harvest » Failure of » A cause of great grief
Joel 1:12 (show verse)
The grapevine is shriveled and the fig tree is withered, along with the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, the apple tree and all of the cultivated trees. Truly, joy has evaporated from Adam's children."
Apple » Fruit
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Apples
Fruits » Often destroyed » By blight
Palm trees » Blasted as a punishment
Pomegranate-trees » The blasting of, a great calamity
Trees » Varieties » Palm
Trees » Varieties » Apple
Trees » Varieties » Pomegranate
The vine » Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Apples
Fruits » Often destroyed » By blight
Palm trees » Blasted as a punishment
Pomegranate-trees » The blasting of, a great calamity
Trees » Varieties » Palm
Trees » Varieties » Apple
Trees » Varieties » Pomegranate
The vine » Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment
Joel 1:13 (show verse)
"Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.
Drink offering » Omission of, caused by bad vintage
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Meat offerings » The jews » Often prevented from offering, by judgments
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
Sackcloth » The jews lay in, when in deep affliction
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Meat offerings » The jews » Often prevented from offering, by judgments
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
Sackcloth » The jews lay in, when in deep affliction
Joel 1:14 (show verse)
Set apart time for a fast! Call a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and everyone living in the land to the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD!"
Joel 1:15 (show verse)
Oh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:16 (show verse)
Isn't our food supply cut off right in front of us, along with joy and gladness from the Temple of our God?
No Themes for this verse.
Joel 1:17 (show verse)
Seeds shrivel within their furrows, the storehouses lie empty, and granaries stand in ruins because the grain has withered.
Joel 1:18 (show verse)
Oh, how the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. Even flocks of sheep suffer!
Joel 1:19 (show verse)
To you, LORD, I cry out, because fire has devoured the open pastures, and has set all the cultivated trees ablaze.
Joel 1:20 (show verse)
The livestock also cries out to you, because their water sources have evaporated and because fire has consumed the open pastures.