Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Joel 1:6 - 1:6

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Joel 1:6 - 1:6


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nation - applied to the locusts, rather than “people” (Pro 30:25, Pro 30:26), to mark not only their numbers, but also their savage hostility; and also to prepare the mind of the hearer for the transition to the figurative locusts in the second chapter, namely, the “nation” or Gentile foe coming against Judea (compare Joe 2:2).

my land - that is, Jehovah’s; which never would have been so devastated were I not pleased to inflict punishment (Joe 2:18; Isa 14:25; Jer 16:18; Eze 36:5; Eze 38:16).

strong - as irresistibly sweeping away before its compact body the fruits of man’s industry.

without number - so Jdg 6:5; Jdg 7:12, “like grasshoppers (or “locusts”) for multitude” (Jer 46:23; Nah 3:15).

teeth ... lion - that is, the locusts are as destructive as a lion; there is no vegetation that can resist their bite (compare Rev 9:8). Pliny says “they gnaw even the doors of houses.”