joel 1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

joel 1:2 Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has [anything like] this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days?

2, 3. A spirited introduction calling attention.
old men--the best judges in question concerning the past (De 32:7; Job 32:7).
Hath this been, &c.--that is, Hath any so grievous a calamity as this ever been before? No such plague of locusts had been since the ones in Egypt. Ex 10:14 is not at variance with this verse, which refers to Judea, in which Joel says there had been no such devastation before.

joel 1:2 Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has [anything like] this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days?

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