Joel 1:19
ContextNETBible | 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. |
XREF | Ps 50:15; Ps 91:15; Jer 9:10; Joe 2:3; Am 7:4; Mic 7:7; Hab 3:17,18; Lu 18:1,7; Php 4:6,7 |
NET © Notes |
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. |