Joel 1:3

1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

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Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Tell you your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. That which the palmerworm: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm

What does Joel 1:3 mean?

Joel 1:3 is a verse in the book of Joel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סָפַר (çâphar), בֵּן (bên), אַחֵר (ʼachêr). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Tellסָפַרçâphar/saw-far'/H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate

your

childrenבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

it,

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children,בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

and

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anotherאַחֵרʼachêr/akh-air'/H312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

generation.דּוֹרdôwr/dore/H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

Commentary on Joel 1:3

HENRY_FULL · Joel 1:3

p" Ezekiel was now among the captives in Babylon, but they there had Jerusalem still upon their hearts; the pious captives looked towards it with an eye of faith (as Daniel vi. 10 ), the presumptuous ones looked towards it with an eye of pride, and flattered themselves with a conceit that they should shortly return thither again; those that remained corresponded with the captives, and, it is likely, bouyed them up with hopes that all would be well yet, as long as Jerusalem was standing in its strength, and perhaps upbraided those with their folly who had surrendered at first; therefore, to take down this presumption, God gives the prophet, in this chapter, a very clear and affecting foresight of the besieging of Jerusalem by the Chaldean army and the calamities which would attend that siege. Two things are here represented to him in vision:—I. The fortifications that should be raised against the city; this is signified by the prophet's laying siege to the portraiture of Jerusalem ( ver. 1-3 ) and laying first on one side and then on the other side before it, ver. 4-8 . II. The famine that should rage within the city; this is signified by his eating very coarse fare, and confining himself to a little of it, so long as this typical representation lasted, ver. 9-17 .

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Jeremiah 39:1

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

Jeremiah 39:2

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

Jeremiah 52:4

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

Luke 19:42

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Joel 1:3.

Genesis 17:12

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. he that is eight: Heb. a son of eight days

Genesis 37:9

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Frequently asked questions

What does Joel 1:3 say?

Joel 1:3 (King James Version) reads: "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."

Is Joel 1:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Joel 1:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Joel.

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