El panorama
Joel 1 abre con “The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.”, cambia cerca del versículo 10 con “The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried…” y termina con “The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
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Joel · Versión King James · 20Joel 1:1-7
Versículos 1–7: The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Joel 1:1–7 abre con “The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.” y llega a “He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Entra en la crisis histórica, la infidelidad al pacto y el llamado divino que dan urgencia al mensaje de Joel.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 1 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.” Nombrar a Joel y Pethuel mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“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…” La pregunta hace que el pasaje avance con más calma. Observa quién debe responder, qué presupone y si las líneas siguientes ofrecen una respuesta.
Joel 1:1-7
Versión King James1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2Hear 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?
3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Joel 1:8-14
Versículos 8–14: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:8–14 abre con “Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.” y llega a “Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Entra en la crisis histórica, la infidelidad al pacto y el llamado divino que dan urgencia al mensaje de Joel.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.” Nombrar a Lament mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD ; the priests, the LORD’s ministers…” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen offering, drink, house. Su relación con los versículos 8 y 10 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
“The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen wasted, corn, dried. Su relación con los versículos 9 y 11 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Joel 1:8-14
Versión King James8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD ; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD ,
Joel 1:15-20
Versículos 15–20: Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a…
Joel 1:15–20 abre con “Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty…” y llega a “The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Entra en la crisis histórica, la infidelidad al pacto y el llamado divino que dan urgencia al mensaje de Joel.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 1 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Joel 1:15-20
Versión King James15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19O LORD , to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20The 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.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Joel 1:1 comienza con “The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Joel 1:16 forma un giro natural: “Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?”
La nota final
Joel 1:20 deja al lector con “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.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras LORD, field, tree, children, house, land ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.