Read Joel 1.5-20 The call to mourning.
Joel summons three groups into mourning: consumers of wine (vv. 5-10), farmers (vv. 11-12),
and priests (vv, 13-18).
Then he cries out to God himself (vv. 19-20).
In verse 6 a nation has invaded my land begins an extended metaphor, by which Joel compares
the incoming locust swarms to an invading army (compare 2.2, 4-11, 25).
In verse 7 their branches have turned white: In this and other vivid details of decimated vegetation, Joel's description matches that of eyewitnesses of Jerusalem's last great locust plague in 1915.
In verse 15 the day of the LORD is a prophetic theme that reappears throughout Joel
(2.1, 11, 31; 3.14).
In verse 19 Joel uses the metaphor of fire together with the metaphor of an army for the
devouring locust (compare 2.3).
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