Joel 1:6

For a nation has come up upon my land, 1 strong and without number. 1 His teeth are the teeth of a lion, 1 and he has the teeth of a lioness. 1

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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

5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! 1 Wail, all you drinkers of wine, 1 because the sweet wine has been cut off from you. 1

7He has made my vineyard into a desolate place 1 and has stripped my fig tree bare. 1 He has stripped its bark and thrown it away; 1 the branches are bare white. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are swords, 1 and their jawbones are like knives, 1 so they may devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity. 1

Isaiah 8:8The River will sweep onward into Judah, flooding and passing on, until it reaches to your neck. 1 Its outstretched wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.” 1

Hosea 9:3They will not continue to live in Yahweh's land; 1 instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt, 1 and one day they will eat unclean food in Assyria. 1

Joel 2:25“I will restore to you the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten 1 —the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust— 1 my mighty army that 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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