Joel 1:2

Hear this, ye old men; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land! Hath such a thing happened in your days, Or even in the days of your fathers?

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

1The word of Jehovah, which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

3Tell ye your children of it, And let your children tell their children, And their children another generation!

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Cross References

Job 8:8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;

Job 15:10With us are the aged and hoary-headed; Much older than thy father.

Psalms 49:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” Hear this, all ye nations; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world;

Isaiah 34:1Draw near, O ye nations, and hear! Attend, O ye people! Let the earth hear, and all that is therein; The world, and all that springs from it!

Jeremiah 30:7Alas! that day is great, So that there is none like it; It is a time of trouble for Jacob, Yet shall he be saved from it.

Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye sons of Israel! For Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; For there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Matthew Henry on Joel 1:2-8

Joel We are altogether uncertain concerning the time when this prophet prophesied; it is probable that it was about the same time Amos prophesied, not for the reason that the rabbin give, "Because Amos begins his prophecy with that wherewith Joel concludes his, The Lord shall roar out of Zion, " but for the reason Dr. Lightfoot gives, "Because he speaks of the same judgments of locusts, and drought, and fire, that Amos laments, which is an intimation that they appeared about the same time, Amos in Israel and Joel… Read the whole commentary →

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