The Meaning of Joel 1:20 Explained

Joel 1:20

KJV: The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

YLT: Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'

Darby: The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

ASV: Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Joel 1:20?

MEANING: What does Joel 1:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Joel 1:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Joel 1:20?

What is the context of Joel 1:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

What does Joel 1:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Joel 1:1-20 - A Summons To Penitence

We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's mouthpiece and remain unknown. His message was one of unparalleled woe. The memory of God's loving kindness ought to have kept His people faithful and loyal, but since grace and love had failed to affect them awful judgments were announced. A small insect, the locust, was to prostrate man's boasted power. The four kinds of locusts here described and which doubtless devastated the country, were also symbols of the four world-empires, Assyria, Babylon, Greece, and Rome, which were to lay waste the Holy Land. Such judgments call for acts of repentance, such as fasting, humiliation, and intercession. There are days in national experience when it becomes us to gird ourselves and lament. The ministers and elders of the Church should lead the way. Where there has been infidelity to the great Lover of souls, when the visible Church or the individual member has turned from Christ to the wanton world, then joy withers away, Joel 1:12, spiritual worship ceases, Joel 1:9, and there can be neither peace nor safety until there has been repentance and return. [source]

Chapter Summary: Joel 1

¹ Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,
⁸ and to mourn
¹⁴ He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments

What do the individual words in Joel 1:20 mean?

Also the beasts of the field cry out to You for are dried up the brooks water and fire has devoured pastures the open -

גַּם־ בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדֶ֖ה תַּעֲר֣וֹג אֵלֶ֑יךָ כִּ֤י יָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֔יִם וְאֵ֕שׁ אָכְלָ֖ה נְא֥וֹת הַמִּדְבָּֽר פ

גַּם־	Also
Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
בַּהֲמ֥וֹת	the beasts
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: בְּהֵמָה Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
שָׂדֶ֖ה	of the field
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land.
תַּעֲר֣וֹג	cry out
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: עָרַג Sense: (Qal) to long for, pant after.
אֵלֶ֑יךָ	to You
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
יָֽבְשׁוּ֙	are dried up
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: יָבֵשׁ Sense: to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered.
אֲפִ֣יקֵי	the brooks
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אָפִיק Sense: channel.
מָ֔יִם	water
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters.
וְאֵ֕שׁ	and fire
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular Root: אֵשׁ Sense: fire.
אָכְלָ֖ה	has devoured
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
נְא֥וֹת	pastures
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: נָוָה Sense: .
הַמִּדְבָּֽר	the open
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִדְבָּר Sense: wilderness.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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