[1]Lamentation over the ruin of the country (Joel 1:1-12)
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| P(1:1) | 1:1 The word of the LORD which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. (1:1) |
| | A(1:2-4) | | 1:4 What the cutter left, the locust swarm has eaten (1:4) |
| | | B(1:5) | | | 1:5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep (1:5) |
| | | | C(1:6-7) | | | | 1:6 For a people has invaded my land (1:6) |
| | | B'(1:8) | | | 1:8 Lament like a virgin (1:8) |
| | A'(1:9-12) | | 1:10 The field is ravaged, the earth mourns (1:10) |
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A: No food. B: To weep. C: A people has invaded my land. |
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[2]The day of the LORD is coming (Joel 1:13-2:14)
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| | A(1:13-14) | | 1:13 Gird yourselves and weep, O priests! (1:13) |
| | | B(1:15) | | | | "1:15 Alas, the day! for near is the day of the LORD (1:15)" | (יוםיהוה) |
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| | | | C(1:16-20) | | | | 1:16 From before our very eyes has not the food been cut off; And from the house of our God, joy and gladness? (1:16) |
| | | | | D(2:1-2) | | | | | 2:1 for the day of the LORD is coming; (2:1) |
| | | | C'(2:3-10) | | | | 2:2 Like dawn spreading over the mountains, a people numerous and mighty (2:2) |
| | | B'(2:11) | | | | "2:11 For great is the day of the LORD, and exceedingly terrible (2:11)" | (יוםיהוה) |
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| | A'(2:12-14) | | 2:12 return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; (2:12) |
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A: Weeping. B: The day of the LORD. C: Sufferings. D: the day of the LORD is coming. |
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[3]God's response and promise (Joel 2:15-27)
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| | A(2:15-17) | | 2:17 Where is their God? (2:17) |
| | | B(2:18-20) | | | | "2:19 I will send you grain, and wine, and oil, and you shall be filled with them (2:19)" | (ושׂבעתם) |
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| | | | C(2:21-23) | | | | 2:21 exult and rejoice (2:21) |
| | | B'(2:24-26) | | | | 2:26 You shall eat and be filled (2:26) | (ושׂבוע) |
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| | A'(2:27) | | 2:27 you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel (2:27) |
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A: God is. B: To be filled. C: Exult and rejoice. |
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[4]God's spirit poured out (Joel 3:1-5)
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| | A(3:1-2) | | 3:1 Then afterward I will pour out my spirit upon all mankind (3:1) |
| | | B(3:3) | | | | "3:3 blood, fire, and columns of smoke (3:3)" | (דם) |
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| | | B'(3:4) | | | | "3:4 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood (3:4)" | (לדם) |
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| | A'(3:5) | | 3:5 Then everyone shall be rescued who calls on the name of the LORD (3:5) |
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A: Person who calls on the name of the LORD. B: Blood. |
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[5]Vengeance of the LORD (Joel 4:1-8)
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| | A(4:1-3) | | 4:3 they gave a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for the wine they drank. (4:3) |
| | | B(4:4) | | | | 4:4 I will return your deed upon your own head. (4:4) | (הגמול) |
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| | | | C(4:5-6) | | | | 4:6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country (4:6) |
| | | B'(4:7) | | | | 4:7 I will return your deed upon your own head. (4:7) | (גמלכם) |
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| | A'(4:8) | | 4:8 I will sell your sons and your daughters to the people of Judah (4:8) |
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A: Children. B: To return. C: Looting. |
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[6]Judgment in the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 4:9-17)
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| | A(4:9-10) | | 4:9 Declare this among the nations (4:9) |
| | | B(4:11-12) | | | 4:12 judgment upon all the neighboring nations. (4:12) |
| | | | C(4:13) | | | | 4:13 the harvest is ripe (4:13) |
| | | B'(4:14-15) | | | 4:14 For near is the day of the LORD in the valley of decision (4:14) |
| | A'(4:16-17) | | 4:16 from Jerusalem raises his voice (4:16) |
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A: Voices. B: Judgement. C: The harvest is ripe. |
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[7]The glorious future of Judah (Joel 4:18-21)
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| | A(4:18) | | 4:18 And then, on that day, the mountains shall drip new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk (4:18) |
| | | B(4:19) | | | 4:19 Egypt shall be a waste, and Edom a desert waste (4:19) |
| | A'(4:20) | | 4:20 But Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem for all generations. (4:20) |
| | | B'(4:21) | | | 4:21 I will avenge their blood, and not leave it unpunished. (4:21) |
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A: Restoration. B: Vengeance. |
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