The Meaning of Joel 1:1 Explained

Joel 1:1

KJV: The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

YLT: A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel:

Darby: The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

ASV: The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

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What is the context of Joel 1:1?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

What does Joel 1:1 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Yahweh"s word (message) came to Joel (lit. "Yahweh is God"), the son of Pethuel. ("Elijah" also means "Yahweh is God.") Therefore what follows demands careful attention and appropriate response. We do not know anything about Joel or Pethuel"s personal backgrounds, even when they lived. This title does not tell where they lived either, though references that follow suggest that Joel lived in Judah. Hosea ,, Micah , and Zephaniah introduced their prophecies similarly.

Context Summary

Joel 1:1-20 - A Summons To Penitence

We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's mouthpiece and remain unknown. His message was one of unparalleled woe. The memory of God's loving kindness ought to have kept His people faithful and loyal, but since grace and love had failed to affect them awful judgments were announced. A small insect, the locust, was to prostrate man's boasted power. The four kinds of locusts here described and which doubtless devastated the country, were also symbols of the four world-empires, Assyria, Babylon, Greece, and Rome, which were to lay waste the Holy Land. Such judgments call for acts of repentance, such as fasting, humiliation, and intercession. There are days in national experience when it becomes us to gird ourselves and lament. The ministers and elders of the Church should lead the way. Where there has been infidelity to the great Lover of souls, when the visible Church or the individual member has turned from Christ to the wanton world, then joy withers away, Joel 1:12, spiritual worship ceases, Joel 1:9, and there can be neither peace nor safety until there has been repentance and return. [source]

Chapter Summary: Joel 1

¹ Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,
⁸ and to mourn
¹⁴ He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments

What do the individual words in Joel 1:1 mean?

The word of Yahweh that came to Joel son of Pethuel

דְּבַר־ יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֔ה אֶל־ יוֹאֵ֖ל בֶּן־ פְּתוּאֵֽל

דְּבַר־	The word
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
יְהוָה֙	of Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	that
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
הָיָ֔ה	came
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יוֹאֵ֖ל	Joel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄואֵל Sense: son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 2 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
פְּתוּאֵֽל	of Pethuel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: פְּתוּאֵל Sense: father of the prophet Joel.

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