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| What was the sin of Israel that brought destruction?
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| Joel mentions the palmerworm <Ref name="palmerworm" >'''palmerworm'''{{01501}} </Ref>
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| Many things of the people will be eaten by these worms as as seen in the noncanonical [[Ecclesiasticus 19]]:3 also called the '''[[Ecclesiasticus|Wisdom]]'''<Ref>Ecclesiasticus, also called the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, deuterocanonical biblical work (accepted in the Roman Catholic canon but noncanonical for Jews and Protestants)</Ref>, in Job the worms consume the garments of others to build their house<Ref>[[Job 13]]:28  And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
: Job 27:18  He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.</Ref>, Psalms the consuming worm is like vanity<Ref>Psalms 39:11  When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity.</Ref> but Isaiah speaks as God's [[righteousness]] shall be for ever from generation to generation.<Ref> [[Isaiah 51]]:8  For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.</Ref>
Daniel also talks about [[kingdom of God]], His dominion,<Ref>Ps 145:13  Thy kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endureth] throughout all generations.
: Da 4:3  How great [are] his signs! and how mighty [are] his wonders! his kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion [is] from generation to generation.
: Da 4:34  And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:
: Da 7:14  And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.</Ref> is from generation to generation.<Ref>[[Daniel 4]]:3  How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
[[Daniel 4]]:34  And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:</Ref>
Which is why Joel also does the same here and in Joel 3<Ref>Joel 3:20  But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.</Ref> if we dwell in [[Jerusalem]] which means ''double peace''. Jesus also warns of the worms of moths eating our substance entrusted to rulers.<Ref>Matthew 6:19  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
: Matthew 6:20  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
: Luke 12:33  Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.</Ref>
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| A key to understanding the prophecy is to understand the curse.
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| We can see the palmerworm,<Ref name="palmerworm"></Ref> the locust, the cankerworm<Ref name="cankerworm"></Ref>,  and the caterpiller<Ref name="caterpiller"></Ref> eat up everything. Who or what are they?
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| [[Hebrew]]<Br>Westminster Leningrad Codex
יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל׃
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| [[03499]] יֶ֤תֶר YodTavReish What left<Br>
[[01501]] הַגָּזָם֙  HeyGimelZayinMem ''the chewing locust'', '''palmerworm'''<Ref name="palmerworm"> </Ref><Br>
[[0398]] אָכַ֣ל ’ā-ḵal Alef[[Kaf]]Lamed has eaten V<Br>
[[0697]] הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה hā-’ar-beh HeyAlefReishBeitHey the swarming '''locust'''<Ref name="locust"></Ref><Br>
[[03218]] הַיָּ֑לֶק hay-yā-leq HeyYodLamedKuf ''the crawling locust'', '''cankerworm '''  N<Ref name="cankerworm"></Ref><Br>
[[02625]] הֶחָסִֽיל׃ he-ḥā-sîl Hey the consuming locust, '''caterpiller'''<Ref name="caterpiller"></Ref> N
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| The locust,<Ref name="locust"></Ref> palmerworm, cankerworm, and caterpiller are the bureaucrats of a system of governance, that "erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance<Ref>6. "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." Thomas Jefferson is referring to the creation of positions, including soldiers and tax collectors, which result in the colonists needing to provide for them. Grievances in the Declaration of Independence</Ref> through [[force]]. It is the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] and the [[foolish]]ness of [[Saul]]. It is the [[covetous practices]] that allows us to be [[biting one another]]<Ref>[[Galatians 5]]:15  But if ye [[bite]] and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.</Ref> until we are devoured by the [[Mark of the Beast|beast]] of our own making. 
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== Joel 1 ==


1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

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?

3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

4 That which the palmerworm<Ref name="palmerworm"></Ref> hath left hath the locust<Ref name="locust"></Ref> eaten; and that which the locust<Ref name="locust">{{0697}}</Ref> hath left hath the cankerworm<Ref name="cankerworm">'''cankerworm''' {{03218}} </Ref> eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller<Ref name="caterpiller">'''caterpiller''' {{02625}} </Ref> eaten.

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine;<Ref name="neww">{{06071}} </Ref> for it is cut off from your mouth.

6 For 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.

7 He 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.

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

9 The meat offering<Ref name="meat">{{04503}}</Ref> and the drink offering<Ref name="drink">{{05262}}</Ref> is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine<Ref name="neww">{{06071}} </Ref> is dried up, the oil languisheth.

11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

12 The 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<Ref name="Joy">{{08342}}</Ref> is withered away from the sons of men.

13 Gird 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.

14 Sanctify 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,

15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy<Ref name="joyg">{{08057}} </Ref> and gladness<Ref name="gladness">{{01524}} </Ref> from the house of our God?

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

19 O 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.

20 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.


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