Joel

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Where the songs go in Joel

The 9 songs here set 4 of the 4 movements in Joel to music: “What the Locusts Left” (Joel 1), “Blow the Trumpet in Zion” (Joel 2:1–17), “I Will Restore the Years” (Joel 2:18–32) and “The Valley of Decision” (Joel 3).

What the Locusts Left (Joel 1). Four waves of locusts have stripped the country to bare wood, and the prophet makes every group look at it in turn: the drunkards with no wine, the farmers ashamed of their fields, the priests with nothing left to offer.

I Will Restore the Years (Joel 2:18–32). God answers.

The Valley of Decision (Joel 3). The nations are summoned down to a valley to answer for selling children to pay for wine and carrying the temple silver into their own houses.