Yoel 1:2
Konteks1:2 Listen to this, you elders; 1
pay attention, 2 all inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life 3
or in the lifetime 4 of your ancestors? 5
Yoel 3:19
Konteks3:19 Egypt will be desolate
and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, 6
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
[1:2] 1 sn Elders here refers not necessarily to men advanced in years, but to leaders within the community.
[1:2] 3 tn Heb “days.” The term “days” functions here as a synecdoche for one’s lifespan.
[3:19] 6 tn Heb “violence of the sons of Judah.” The phrase “of the sons of Judah” is an objective genitive (cf. KJV “the violence against the children of Judah”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “violence done to the people of Judah”). It refers to injustices committed against the Judeans, not violence that the Judeans themselves had committed against others.