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- Amos is sent as God’s messenger to proclaim God’s judgment on the nations and on Israel and Judah (1:3-3:15). God has spoken, and Amos is his messenger of doom, “The lion has roared – who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken – who can but prophesy” (3:8).
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Joel 1 in the Berean Standard Bible presents a powerful and poignant picture of the impending disaster on Judah. The Prophet Joel brings forth a divine message, heralding a catastrophic locust plague as an embodiment of God's judgment, calling the people towards repentance.
- (1-4) The Remarkable Plague of Locusts Upon Judah.
- (5-7) An Army of Locusts Against Judah.
- (8-12) Judah Mourns Because of The Destruction.
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Hear this, you elders, And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land! Has anything like this happened in your days, Or even in the days of your fathers? Tell your children about it, Let your children tell their children, And their children another generation. What the chewing locust left, T...
Awake, you drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you drinkers of wine, Because of the new wine, For it has been cut off from your mouth. For a nation has come up against My land, Strong, and without number; His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a fierce lion. He has laid waste My vine, And ruined My fig tree; He has stripped it ba...
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the husband of her youth. The grain offering and the drink offering Have been cut off from the house of the LORD; The priests mourn, who minister to the LORD. The field is wasted, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The oil fails. Be ashamed, you farmers, Wail, you vined...
- The Locust Plague and the Day of the Lord. Joel writes in the midst of crisis. A devastating locust plague had attacked Israel and left virtually no vines or grain: "What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten.
- Pentecost and the Prophecy of Joel. Hundreds of years later the apostle Peter stands up on the day of Pentecost and announces the fulfillment of this prophecy, and he says in Acts 2:16, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel."
- The Outpouring of God's Spirit on All Flesh. In the Old Testament the Spirit of God is the presence of God in the world to reveal himself by some action or word.
- All God's People Will Prophesy. Joel goes on to say that when God makes himself known and felt in people's lives, this can manifest itself in three ways: they may dream dreams, see visions, and prophesy (Joel 2:28).
(Amos 1:1–9:15) Amos has a message for the enemy nations round about Israel and for Judah and Israel. Destruction is in store for Syria, Philistia, Tyre, Edom, and Moab because of their cruel treatment of God’s people.
Amos warns Israel of impending destruction and exile as divine judgment for their sins (3:13–15), and he calls the people to seek the LORD and live by hating evil, loving good, and establishing justice in the gates (5:4, 14–15). Here are our top picks for commentaries on Joel and Amos.
i. This makes Joel a pre-exilic prophet, who served before the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel (721 B.C.) and the southern kingdom of Judah (586 B.C.). Other pre-exilic prophets include Obadiah, Jonah, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah, and Micah. Joel is one of the earliest prophets — only Obadiah prophesied before his time (845 B.C.).
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Joel is quoted in Amos 1:2 (Joel 3:16, 18), which means the book was already in existence when Amos wrote. When was Joel written? Most scholars duck the issue of dating, but it could have been written around 838-756 B.C. There is no mention of either Assyrian (722 B.C.) or Babylonian (587 B.C.) invasions. Audio Listing Joel - Introduction and ...
