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Joel 1:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. "

Joel 1:4

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2 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?

3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

6 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.

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Joel 2:25

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"He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust."

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Isaiah 33:4

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"And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run"

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Exodus 10:4

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From This Chapter

Joel 1:1

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

Joel 1:2

"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 1:3

"Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."

Joel 1:5

"Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth."

Joel 1:6

"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."

Joel 1:7

"He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white."
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