Yoel 1:2

Konteks

A Locust Plague Foreshadows the Day of the Lord

1:2 Listen to this, you elders;¹

pay attention,² all inhabitants of the land.

Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life³

or in the lifetime⁴ of your ancestors?⁵

Yoel 2:19

Konteks

2:19 The Lord responded⁶ to his people,

“Look! I am about to restore your grain⁷

as well as fresh wine and olive oil.

You will be fully satisfied.⁸

I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.

[1:2] ¹sn Elders here refers not necessarily to men advanced in years, but to leaders within the community.

[1:2] ²tn Heb “give ear.”

[1:2] ³tn Heb “days.” The term “days” functions here as a synecdoche for one’s lifespan.

[1:2] ⁴tn Heb “days.”

[1:2] ⁵tn Heb “fathers.”

[2:19] ⁶tn Heb “answered and said.”

[2:19] ⁷tn Heb “Look! I am sending grain to you.” The participle used in the Hebrew text seems to suggest imminent action.

[2:19] ⁸tc One of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXII^c) inserts “and you will eat” before “and you will be fully satisfied” (the reading of the MT, LXX).