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Joel 1:19

Context

1:19 To you, O Lord, I call out for help, 1 

for fire 2  has burned up 3  the grassy pastures, 4 

flames have razed 5  all the trees in the fields.

Joel 3:11

Context

3:11 Lend your aid 6  and come,

all you surrounding nations,

and gather yourselves 7  to that place.”

Bring down, O Lord, your warriors! 8 

1 tn The phrase “for help” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

2 sn Fire here and in v. 20 is probably not to be understood in a literal sense. The locust plague, accompanied by conditions of extreme drought, has left the countryside looking as though everything has been burned up (so also in Joel 2:3).

3 tn Heb “consumed.” This entire line is restated at the end of v. 20.

4 tn Heb “the pastures of the wilderness.”

5 tn Heb “a flame has set ablaze.” This fire was one of the effects of the drought.

6 tn This Hebrew verb is found only here in the OT; its meaning is uncertain. Some scholars prefer to read here עוּרוּ (’uru, “arouse”) or חוּשׁוּ (khushu, “hasten”).

7 tc The present translation follows the reading of the imperative הִקָּבְצוּ (hiqqavÿtsu) rather than the perfect with vav (ו) consecutive וְנִקְבָּצוּ (vÿniqbbatsu) of the MT.

8 tc Some commentators prefer to delete the line “Bring down, O Lord, your warriors,” understanding it to be a later addition. But this is unnecessary. Contrary to what some have suggested, a prayer for the Lord’s intervention is not out of place here.



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