The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Chapter 1Verse 1
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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- word
- Jeremiah 1:2; Ezekiel 1:3; Hosea 1:1; 2 Peter 1:21
- to
- Acts 2:16
Verse 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?
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- Hear
- Psalms 49:1; Isaiah 34:1; Jeremiah 5:21; Hosea 5:1; Amos 3:1; 4:1; 5:1; Micah 1:2; Micah 3:1,9; Matthew 13:9; Revelation 2:7
- ye old
- Job 8:8; 12:12; 15:10; 21:7
- Hath
- 2:2; Deuteronomy 4:32-35; Isaiah 7:17; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:21
Verse 3
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
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- Exodus 10:1,2; 13:14; Deuteronomy 6:7; Joshua 4:6,7,21,22; Psalms 44:1; 71:18; 78:3-8; Psalms 145:4; Isaiah 38:19
Verse 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 caterpiller eaten.
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- That which the palmer-worm hath left
- Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm.
- 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 on; Exodus 10:4
- the locust eaten
- Exodus 10:12-15; Deuteronomy 28:38,42; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; 7:13; Psalms 78:46; 105:34; Amos 7:1; Revelation 9:3-7
- the canker-worm eaten
- Nahum 3:15-17
- the caterpillar
- Isaiah 33:4; Jeremiah 51:14,27
Verse 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.
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- Awake
- Isaiah 24:7-11; Amos 6:3-7; Luke 21:34-36; Romans 13:11-14
- weep
- 11,13; Jeremiah 4:8; Ezekiel 30:2; James 5:1
- for
- Isaiah 32:10-12; Luke 16:19,23-25
Verse 6
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.
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- nation
- 2:2-11,25; Proverbs 30:25-27
- my
- Psalms 107:34; Isaiah 8:8; 32:13; Hosea 9:3
- whose
- Proverbs 30:14; Revelation 9:7-10
Verse 7
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
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- laid
- 12; Exodus 10:15; Psalms 105:33; Isaiah 5:6; 24:7; Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 2:12; Habakkuk 3:17
- barked my fig-tree
- Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking.
Verse 8
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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- Lament
- 13-15; 2:12-14; Isaiah 22:12; 24:7-12; 32:11; Jeremiah 9:17-19; James 4:8,9; James 5:1
- the husband
- Proverbs 2:17; Jeremiah 3:4; Malachi 2:15
Verse 9
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
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- meat
- 13,16; 2:14; Hosea 9:4
- the priests
- 2:17; Lamentations 1:4,16
- the Lord's
- Exodus 28:1; 2 Chronicles 13:10; Isaiah 61:6
Verse 10
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
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- field
- 17-20; Leviticus 26:20; Isaiah 24:3,4; Jeremiah 12:4,11; 14:2-6; Hosea 4:3
- the new
- 5,12; Isaiah 24:11; Jeremiah 48:33; Hosea 9:2; Haggai 1:11
- dried up
- or, ashamed.
Verse 11
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
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- ashamed
- Jeremiah 14:3,4; Romans 5:5
- because
- Isaiah 17:11; Jeremiah 9:12
Verse 12
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
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- The vine
- 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."
- 10; Habakkuk 3:17,18
- the pomegranate
- Numbers 13:23; Psalms 92:12; Song of Solomon 2:3; 4:13; 7:7-9
- joy
- 16; Psalms 4:7; Isaiah 9:3; 16:10; 24:11; Jeremiah 48:3; Hosea 9:1,2
Verse 13
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
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- Gird
- 8,9; 2:17; Jeremiah 4:8; 9:10; Ezekiel 7:18
- ye ministers
- 1 Corinthians 9:13; Hebrews 7:13,14
- lie
- 2 Samuel 12:16; 1 Kings 21:27; Jonah 3:5-8
- ye ministers
- Isaiah 61:6; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 6:4; 11:23
- for
- 9; Leviticus 2:8-10; Numbers 29:6
Verse 14
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
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- Sanctify
- 2:15,16; 2 Chronicles 20:3,4
- solemn assembly
- or, day of restraint.
- Leviticus 23:36; Nehemiah 8:18
- the elders
- Deuteronomy 29:10,11; 2 Chronicles 20:13; Nehemiah 9:2,3
- cry
- Jonah 3:8
Verse 15
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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- Alas
- 2:2; Jeremiah 30:7; Amos 5:16-18
- the day of
- 2:1; Psalms 37:13; Isaiah 13:6-9; Ezekiel 7:2-12; 12:22-28; Zephaniah 1:14-18; Luke 19:41-44; James 5:9; Revelation 6:17
Verse 16
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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- the meat
- 5-9,13; Amos 4:6,7
- joy
- Deuteronomy 12:6,7,11,12; 16:10-15; Psalms 43:4; 105:3; Isaiah 62:8,9
Verse 17
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
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- seed
- Heb. grains.
- Genesis 23:16
Verse 18
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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- 20; 1 Kings 18:5; Jeremiah 12:4; 14:5,6; Hosea 4:3; Romans 8:22
Verse 19
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
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- to thee
- Psalms 50:15; 91:15; Micah 7:7; Habakkuk 3:17,18; Luke 18:1,7; Philippians 4:6,7
- the fire
- 2:3; Jeremiah 9:10; Amos 7:4
- pastures
- or habitations.
Verse 20
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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- cry
- Job 38:41; Psalms 104:21; 145:15; 147:9
- the rivers
- 1 Kings 17:7; 18:5
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