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Joel 1:2

King James Version (KJV)

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Joel 1:2

Verse 2 of 20

Scripture focus

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?

Joel 1:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joel 1:2

Theological / Devotional

Hath this been? The calamity is something new in the memory of living men. It was unheard of by the fathers, and some tiling to tell future generations about. The plague of locusts God brought upon Egypt through Moses was likewise described as an unprecedented event (Ex. 10:6). In five generations no other such calamity had been, or would be, known. By this effective device Joel stresses the unusual significance of his message.

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