A catastrophic locust plague becomes the occasion for Joel to summon all of Judah to urgent lament, using the devastation as a sign of the greater, cosmic Day of the LORD still to come.
Old Testament
Joel
Written by the prophet Joel; date uncertain (possibly 9th–5th century B.C.). Joel uses a devastating locust plague as a call to national repentance and promises that God will pour out His Spirit on all flesh in the last days.
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God answers Judah's lament with a promise of material and spiritual restoration culminating in the outpouring of his Spirit on all flesh, the judgment of the nations, and the permanent dwelling of the LORD in Zion.