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.
Matthew Henry
- A plague of locustsThe most aged could not remember such calamities as were about to take place. Armies of insects were coming upon the land to eat the fruits of it. It is...
Thompson Chains
- Instruments of JudgmentSee the chain from Deuteronomy 28:50 · 9 links
Parallel Passages
- Revelation 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
- Psalms 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
- Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Proverbs 30:25–27 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; …
- Isaiah 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
- Isaiah 32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- Hosea 9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
- Joel 2:2–11 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. …
- Revelation 9:7–10 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. …
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities National lessons from Afflictions and adversities
- Joel Declares the terribleness of God’s judgments
- Lion Strength of Lion
- Locust Devastation by
- Nation Chastised
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For a nation כִּי kî Conjunction גוֹי gôy גּוֹי Noun · masculine singular
- is come up עָלָה ʿālâ עָלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- upon my land עַל ʿal Preposition אַרְצִי ʾarṣî אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- strong עָצוּם ʿāṣûm עָצוּם Adjective · masculine singular
- and without number וְאֵין wĕʾên Negative · with and מִסְפָּר mispār מִסְפָּר Noun · masculine singular
- whose teeth שִׁנָּיו šinnāyw שֵׁן Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- the teeth שִׁנֵּי šinnê שֵׁן Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct
- of a lion אַרְיֵה ʾaryê אֲרִי Noun · masculine singular
- and he hath the cheek teeth וּמְתַלְּעוֹת ûmĕtallĕʿôt מְתַלְּעָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with and
- of a great lion לָבִיא lābîʾ לָבִיא Noun · masculine or feminine singular לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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