Yuēĕrshū 1:1

1 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào pí tǔ Ěr de érzi Yuēĕr.

Yuēĕrshū 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 1:1

The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
] Who this Pethuel was is not known; Jarchi takes him to be the same with Samuel the prophet, who had a son of this name, ( 1 Samuel 8:2 ) ; and gives this reason for his being called Pethuel, because in his prayer he persuaded God; but the long span of time will by no means admit of this, nor the character of Samuel's son agree with Joel; and therefore is rightly denied by Aben Ezra, who observes, however, that this man was an honourable man, and therefore his name is mentioned; and gives this as a rule, that whenever any prophet mentions the name of his father, he was honourable. Perhaps, it is here observed, to distinguish him from another of the same name; and there was one of this name, Joel, a high priest in the reigns of Uzziah and Jotham, according to Seder Olam Zuta ^F9 and Abarbinel ^F11; in whose time Joel is by some thought to prophesy.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Fol. 104.
F11 In Meyer. Anotat. in ib. p, 626.

Yuēĕrshū 1:1 In-Context

1 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào pí tǔ Ěr de érzi Yuēĕr.

2 Lǎo nián rén nǎ , dāng tīng wǒde huà . guó zhōng de jūmín nǎ , dōu yào zè ĕr ér tīng . zaì nǐmen de rìzi , huò nǐmen lièzǔ de rìzi , céng yǒu zhèyàng de shì ma .

3 Nǐmen yào jiāng zhè shì chuán yǔ zǐ , zǐ chuán yǔ sūn , sūn chuán yǔ hòudaì .

4 Jiǎn chóng shèngxia de , huángchóng lái chī . huángchóng shèngxia de , nǎn zǐ lái chī . nǎn zǐ shèngxia de , mā zhà lái chī .

5 Jiǔ zuì de rén nǎ , yào qīngxǐng kūqì . hàojiǔ de rén nǎ , dōu yào wèi tián jiǔ āi hào . yīnwei cóng nǐmen de kǒu zhōng duàn jué le .