Joel 1:6 Cross References - ISV

⁶ Indeed, a nation has invaded my land— it is strong and its population is too large to count— with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.

³⁴ and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.

¹⁴ Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

²⁵ Ants aren’t a strong species, yet they prepare their food in the summer. ²⁶ The rock badgers aren’t a strong species either, yet they build their dens in the rocks. ²⁷ Locusts have no king, but they all swarm in ranks.

⁸ He will sweep on into Judah, overflowing as he passes through, like flood waters reaching up to a person’s neck. His outstretched wings will flow as wide as your land, O Immanuel!”

¹³ and over the land of my people overgrown with thorns and briers— yes, over all the houses of merriment and over this city of revelry.

³ They will not live in the LORD’s land— Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

² A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains— a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation.”
³ Joel’s Description of the Approaching Army“A fire blazes in their presence, and behind them a conflagration rages. Before they come, the land is like the garden in Eden; after they leave, there is only a barren wasteland. Indeed, nothing escapes them. ⁴ As to their form, they’re like horses; and like chariot horses, how they can run! ⁵ They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array. ⁶ The people are terrified in their presence; every face grows pale. ⁷ They run like elite soldiers, climbing ramparts like men trained for war. Each man advances in proper order, never breaking rank. ⁸ Neither does a man crowd his fellow soldier; each one marches in his own path. When they fall by the sword they are not injured. ⁹ They swarm through the city, running upon its ramparts. Climbing atop the houses, they enter through windows like a thief.”
¹⁰ Great is the Day of the LORD“The land quivers in their presence; even the heavens shake. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining. ¹¹ The LORD will shout in the presence of his forces, because his encampment is very great; for powerful is he who carries out his message. Truly the Day of the LORD is great, and very terrifying. Who will be able to survive it?”

²⁵ “Then I will restore to you the years that the locust swarm devoured, as did the young locust, the other locusts, and the ravaging locust, that great army of mine that I sent among you.

⁷ The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were victor’s crowns that looked like gold, and their faces were like human faces. ⁸ They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like lions’ teeth. ⁹ They had breastplates like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle. ¹⁰ They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.