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A Future Without Hope
Commentators explain that this verse depicts more than a single failed harvest. The seeds themselves are rotting in the ground, signifying the loss of any hope for future crops. This complete agricultural collapse, leading to abandoned and decaying barns, underscores the totality of the disaster and the severity of God's judgment.
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Joel
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Albert Barnes
On Joel 1:17
18th Century
Theologian
The seed is rotten under the clods - Not only was all to be cut off for the present, but, with it, all hope for the future. The sca…
Charles Ellicott
On Joel 1:17
19th Century
Bishop
The corn is withered.— The results of the terrible drought, coincident with the ravages of the locusts, are now described…
John Calvin
On Joel 1:16–17
16th Century
Theologian
He repeats the same thing as before, for he reproaches the Jews for being so slow to consider that the hand of God was against them. Has not th…
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John Gill
On Joel 1:17
17th Century
Pastor
The seed is rotten under their clods Or "grains" F26 of wheat or barley, which had been sown, and, for want of…
Matthew Henry
On Joel 1:14–20
17th Century
Minister
The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin must be confessed and la…