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The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel. An Invasion of Locusts - Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days ...
The word of the LORD that came to Joel: The prophet Joel spoke to the southern kingdom of Judah without making reference to the northern kingdom of Israel. It’s hard to know when he prophesied because Joel doesn’t mention any other kings or prophets.
1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: 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? 3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
Joel Osteen is a New York Times bestselling author and the Senior Pastor of America’s largest church, Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.
Joel (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ əl /; Hebrew: יוֹאֵל – Yōʾēl; Greek: Ἰωήλ – Iōḗl; Syriac: ܝܘܐܝܠ – Yu'il) was an Israelite prophet, the second of the twelve minor prophets and according to the book itself the author of the Book of Joel.
The book focuses its prophetic judgment on the southern kingdom of Judah with frequent references to Zion and the temple worship ( Joel 1:13–14; 2:23, 32; 3:16, 21 ). Joel’s familiarity with this area and the worship in the temple suggests that he lived in Judah, possibly even in the city of Jerusalem itself.
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The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: An Invasion of Locusts - Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
New International Version. An Army of Locusts. 2 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand—. 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness.
In Joel 2, he begins by describing the judgment that will come – a mighty army set against Judah. Since this is all part of “God’s day” not “man’s day,” it is described as the day of the LORD. i. When we are right with God, we want the day of the LORD.
