{"product_id":"2940148937807","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 34: Joel","description":"THE PROPHECY OF JOEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOEL, whose name, according to ST. JEROME, signifies THE LORD GOD: or,\u003cbr\u003eas others say, THE COMING DOWN OF GOD: prophesied about the same time in\u003cbr\u003ethe kingdom of Judea, as OSEE did in the kingdom of Israel. He foretells\u003cbr\u003eunder figure the great evils that were coming upon the people for their\u003cbr\u003esins: earnestly exhorts them to repentance: and comforts them with the\u003cbr\u003epromise of a TEACHER OF JUSTICE, viz., CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD, and of the\u003cbr\u003ecoming down of his holy SPIRIT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoel Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe prophet describes the judgments that shall fall upon the people, and\u003cbr\u003einvites them to fasting and prayer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. The word of the Lord, that came to Joel, the son of Phatuel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the\u003cbr\u003eland: did this ever happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their\u003cbr\u003echildren, and their children to another generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and\u003cbr\u003ethat which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which\u003cbr\u003ethe bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat which the palmerworm hath left, etc... Some understand this\u003cbr\u003eliterally of the desolation of the land by these insects: others\u003cbr\u003eunderstand it of the different invasions of the Chaldeans, or other\u003cbr\u003eenemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep, and mourn all ye that take\u003cbr\u003edelight; in drinking sweet wine: for it is cut off from your mouth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. For a nation come up upon my land, strong, and without number: his\u003cbr\u003eteeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's\u003cbr\u003ewhelp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. He hath laid my vineyard waste, and hath pilled off the bark of my\u003cbr\u003efig tree: he hath stripped it bare, and cast it away; the branches\u003cbr\u003ethereof are made white.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her\u003cbr\u003eyouth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. Sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of the Lord: the\u003cbr\u003epriests, the Lord's ministers, have mourned:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is\u003cbr\u003ewasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the\u003cbr\u003ewheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. The vineyard is confounded, and the fig tree hath languished: the\u003cbr\u003epomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the apple tree, and all the\u003cbr\u003etrees of the field are withered: because joy is withdrawn from the\u003cbr\u003echildren of men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. Gird yourselves, and lament, O ye priests, howl, ye ministers of\u003cbr\u003ethe altars: go in, lie in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: because\u003cbr\u003esacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of your God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly, gather together the\u003cbr\u003eancients, all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God:\u003cbr\u003eand cry ye to the Lord:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand,\u003cbr\u003eand it shall come like destruction from the mighty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16 Is not your food cut off before your eyes, joy and gladness from\u003cbr\u003ethe house of our God?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the\u003cbr\u003estorehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. Why did the beasts groan, why did the herds of cattle low?\u003cbr\u003ebecause there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are\u003cbr\u003eperished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:19. To thee, O Lord, will I cry: because fire hath devoured the\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful places of the wilderness: and the flame hath burnt all the\u003cbr\u003etrees of the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:20. Yea, and the beasts of the field have looked up to thee, as a\u003cbr\u003egarden bed that thirsteth after rain, for the springs of waters are\u003cbr\u003edried up, and fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness.","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067993374960,"sku":"2940148937807","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148937807_p0.jpg?v=1763709984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148937807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}