The Meaning of Joel 1:6 Explained

Joel 1:6

KJV: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

YLT: For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

Darby: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.

ASV: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Joel 1:6?

MEANING: What does Joel 1:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Joel 1:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Joel 1:6?

What is the context of Joel 1:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

What does Joel 1:6 Mean?

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 1:6 mean?

For a nation has come up against My land Strong and without number His teeth [are] the teeth of a lion and the fangs of a fierce lion he has

כִּֽי־ גוֹי֙ עָלָ֣ה עַל־ אַרְצִ֔י עָצ֖וּם וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת לָבִ֖יא לֽוֹ

גוֹי֙	a nation
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: גֹּוי Sense: nation, people.
עָלָ֣ה	has come up
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עַל־	against
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אַרְצִ֔י	My land
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
עָצ֖וּם	Strong
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: עָצוּם Sense: mighty, vast, numerous.
וְאֵ֣ין	and without
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מִסְפָּ֑ר	number
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִסְפָּר Sense: number, tale.
שִׁנָּיו֙	His teeth [are]
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular Root: שֵׁן Sense: tooth, ivory.
שִׁנֵּ֣י	the teeth
Parse: Noun, cdc Root: שֵׁן Sense: tooth, ivory.
אַרְיֵ֔ה	of a lion
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲרִי Sense: lion.
וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת	and the fangs
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct Root: מְתַלְּעֹות Sense: teeth, fangs, incisors.
לָבִ֖יא	of a fierce lion
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לֶבֶא Sense: lion.
לֽוֹ	he has
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular

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