Joel 1:6

For a Goy is come up upon my land, 1 strong, and without number, 1 whose teeth are the teeth of an aryeh (lion), 1 and he hath the fangs of a lioness. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Awake, ye shikkorim (drunkards), and weep; 1 and wail, all ye drinkers of yayin, 1 because of the new wine, for it is cut off 1 from your mouth. 1

7He hath laid my gefen (vine) waste, 1 and barked my teenah (fig tree); 1 he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; 1 the branches thereof are made white. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 30:14There is a dor (generation), whose teeth are as charavot (swords), 1 and their jaw teeth are as knives, 1 to devour the aniyim (oppressed poor ones) from off ha'aretz, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) from among adam. 1

Isaiah 8:8And he shall swirl into Yehudah; 1 he shall overflow and go over, 1 he shall reach even to the neck; 1 and the stretching out of his wings 1 shall fill the breadth of Thy eretz, O Immanu El. 1

Hosea 9:3They shall not dwell in Hashemʼs land; 1 but Ephrayim shall return to Mitzrayim, 1 and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 1

Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the shanim (years) 1 that the arbeh (great locust) hath eaten, 1 the crawling locust, and the other locust, and the locust swarm, 1 My great army which I sent among you. 1

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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