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. 6 7. By what agency this devastation has been wrought: an army of depredators has invaded Judah, countless in numbers and well equipped for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:5
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. 5 12. All classes are to unite in lamenting this calamity, which has not only (1) deprived them of some of their most valued luxuries, Joe 1:5-7, but also (2) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:4
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. 4. The calamity to which the prophet has thus emphatically directed his hearers’ attention: a visitation of locusts, repeated for more years than … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:3
Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation. 3. Recount concerning it to your children ] recount, a stronger word than tell, and implying some narrative of particulars. to your children, &c.] comp. (also with recount) Exo 10:2; Psa 22:30 (R.V.), Psa 48:13, Psa 78:4; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:2
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? 2 3. Introduction, characterizing the event which forms the occasion of Joel’s prophecy: it is an unexampled one, of a kind which even the oldest of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:1
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 1. The Title 1. The word of Jehovah that came unto ] so Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1; Zep 1:1. came unto ] lit. was ( ) unto, a very common expression in connexion with Jehovah’s ‘word’: 1Sa 15:10; 2Sa 7:4; 1Ki 16:1; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joel 1:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:9
Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. 9. An epilogue or conclusion to the prophecy, unspecializing it, as it were, and extracting the general moral lesson … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:8
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 8. Ephraim ( shall say), What have I to do any more with idols ] So the Targum and the Syriac. The objection … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:7
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon. 7. They that dwell as the corn ] Rather, Once more shall they that dwell under his shadow bring corn to life (i.e. in prosaic language, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 6. I will be as the dew ] Rather, as the night-mist, i.e. the masses of vapour (Hebr. tal) brought by the damp westerly winds of summer (see on Hos 6:4). ‘In the strict scientific sense of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 14:6”