The LORD’s† word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Joel 1:1 in context
Joel 1:1–4
2
Hear this, you elders,
and listen, all you inhabitants of the land!
Has this ever happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
3
Tell your children about it,
and have your children tell their children,
and their children, another generation.
4
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.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).
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