Read Joel.1.5-20. In 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). Comments or Questions..
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