Joel 1:2

Listen to this, you elders; ¹  pay attention, ²  all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life ³  or in the lifetime ⁴  of your ancestors? ⁵ 

De 4:32-35; Job 8:8; Job 12:12; Job 15:10; Job 21:7; Ps 49:1; Isa 7:17; Isa 34:1; Jer 5:21; Jer 30:7; Da 12:1; Ho 5:1; Joe 2:2; Am 3:1; Am 4:1; Am 5:1; Mic 1:2; Mic 3:1,9; Mt 13:9; Mt 24:21; Re 2:7

¹ sn Elders here refers not necessarily to men advanced in years, but to leaders within the community.

² tn Heb “give ear.”

³ tn Heb “days.” The term “days” functions here as a synecdoche for one’s lifespan.

⁴ tn Heb “days.”

⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”