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Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, Or in the days of your fathers?
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An Unprecedented Calamity
Commentators agree that Joel begins by establishing the unique and shocking nature of the disaster. By appealing to the elders, the keepers of history, he asks them to confirm that nothing like this has ever happened before. This wasn't just a bad season; it was a miraculous and terrifying event meant to signal a divine judgment unlike any other.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hear this, you old men – Because of their age, they had known and heard much; they had heard from their fathers and their fathers' …
19th Century
Anglican
Hath this been in your days? The introduction points to the startling nature of the portent: it was unexampled; it was a …
16th Century
Protestant
The word of Jehovah which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. He names his father here; it is therefore probable that he was a well-known ma…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hear this, you old men. What the prophet was about to relate, concerning the consumption of the fruits of the earth, by v…
The oldest people could not remember such calamities as were about to take place. Armies of insects were coming upon the land to eat its fruits. Th…
