The Pulpit Commentary — Joel — Section 10

aimulat.ed, lll'lrrow. 1'he exproweiou remin<l, entirnly ooMed: the new wino wl\a ,lrled up, us of 1Mi11.h'• "wife of yontl,," and of the a.nd therefore the drink offering must needa Homeric expl'l"Bl!ion frequently tmnelllted have been given up. 'fhe mention of com " virgin or youthful IIJ)OUIMI," though more 11.nd wine aud oll in pa.rtloular le owing to rmrcrllv "we<liled wife." Suoh i1 the their connection with the templo scrvicel lRment,;tinn to whioh the people of Judah for the flretfruits, tlthee, oble.tlona, ana 11.re CRlled. libe.tiona depended largely upon them, Vor. !J.-The meat offering and the drink Vere. 11, 12. - Be 1• uh&med, 0 1• olferi.ng ia cut ofr from the houe of the hub&ndmen. The verb from 1!11:a (formed Lord; the prieata, the Lord'■ minillten, mollnl. from l!I~~), to be or feel a.shamed, or tum While 11.II the inha.bit.a.nts or the land are pale with she.me ; .,!ln is " to hlllBh or turn ce.llPd to l1<ment, and hllve abundant ce.uee for lnm<'ntlltion, different clll.88oe of aociety red with shame." It'is written defecUvely, :Lre ~p,,d lied, e.nd the grounds of their 110rrow to distinguish it from l!I•~\;,, which occurs p11rtiruJ,.rizc,l. 1. The meat offering and in the tenth veno and again in the twelfth, ,!rink offering e.ccomp11.niod the morning and which is the Hiph. of 1!1~;, to ho parched und r,vcning sacrifice, and tha.t se.cri.fice, or dried up. Thoir hope we.a disappointed with its acr.ompe.niment.'I, being 11.n expres- through tho destruction of their wheat o.nd sion of gratitude to God by e. daily presen- barley-their most serviceable and valuo.blo tation to him or the firetfruite of bis own ccree.ls; while dise.ppointment of hope mercies, we.e a visible memorie.l of Jehove.h'e co.uses ebe.me: hence we re.e.d of a "hopo covl'nnnt with hiB people: while the fa.et of that me.keth not a.shamed," beeouso it its being cut off implied the ccsse.tion or never disappoiuts a.a empty hopes do. :Howl, •u•pcneion of that ooveno.nt and the people's 0 1• vinedre1111Br1, for the wheat and for c,:i;clw.ion from the covenanted mercies of the barley; beoaue the he.rve■t of the field Gori. 2. But the ministering priests in pe.r- ia peri■ hed. The vine ia dried up, e.nd the ticul11r 110.d cause of mourning, indeed a fig tree langnishetb, '!'here is a traaapo- twofold cause: (1) their occupation we.s aition here which is a species of the figure gone wuen there were no me.tcria.ls e.t he.nd chia8mlLB, 80 called from the form of the wh<·rcwith t,, minister; I.heir ofllca could no Greek letter chi (x). The husbe.udmen a.re longer laBt, e.s they we.nkd the appointed put to she.me on account of the destruction meaD8 for the diBche.rge of its prescribed of the wheat e.nd barley-the entire fe.iluro functions ; (2) their livelihood depended of their field crops and ruin of their he.rveat; largely ou tliose offeringe in which they were while the vinedrcsserll have ree.aon to howl allowed to have a share, but, when these because of the loss of their vinee and the ceased through fo.ilure oft.he mee.ns of supply, languishing of their fig trees. The prophet, the support of the priests of necessity cee.sed after pe.rticule.riziag the vine a.ad fig tree, e.lsn, or we.s 80 curtailed as to three.ten the proceeds with the enumeration of other im- entire we.nt of the mee.ns of BUbsistence. porte.n t fruit trees that he.d perished by tho Ver. 10.-The il.eld ii wuted, the land teeth of the locust&. The pomegranate tree, mourneth ; for the com ia wuted : the new the palm tree a.ho, and the apple tree, even wine is dried up, the oil le.nguilheth. 'fhi.s all the trees of the field, are withered. 'l'he verse is clOflC]y connected with the preceding, pomegranate, though e.bunde.nt in the.t for th,, failure of the mee.t offerings e.nd region, he.d she.red the fe.te of the fig and drink offerings we.s owing to the devastation vi1111; even the po.Im tree, the dato palm, of the country e.nd the destrud;ion of its though e. vigorous trp,e and little subject to ~rops by the looUBt-plague. The field we.s injury, having no juice in the leaves or fresh laid we.ete by them, nor we.s it e. field here greenness in the rind, cce.sed to flourish; and thc,re, ar a solitary district; it we.s the and the e.pple tree-the medicine.I e.pple, whole: land without exception or exemption as Virgil terme it-suffered in like manner. that had co.use to grieve, "if aught ine.nime.te Nor was it the fruit trees only that were e'er grieves." This is cxpreBHC<l by one of injured; the hardier forest or timber trces- tholl{: pe.ronollWlial! of which the Hebrew• o.ll the trees of the fleld-sho.red in tho were 11•, fond, thus, shu.ddad Badlteh, abhel,ah ce.lamity. Thus Jerome represents the adl.annah, equivalent to "field fails, ground prophet as asking, " Why should I speak i,-rieves;" or "field fruitle•s, le.utl laments." of the corn, wine, oil, e.nd barley? when 'l'l,c, oblation, or mee.t offering, consisted even the fruits of the trees have been dried of flour mingled with oil; the libe.tion, or up, the fig trees have le.aguishcd, with the drink offering, oonsiBted of wine. There pomegre.ne.te e.nd pa.Im e.nd apple; and all were e.lso firHtfruits of com and wine and trees, whether fruit-bee.ring or not, a.re con• oil ; while all the produce of the J.e.nd we.s sumed by the devo.ste.ting locusts." Beoa.11.11 tithable. Now, however, the corn we.a jo7 ii withered. a.way from tke ■ou of men. WIJ.BV-.-d and the oil JanguiBhed ; e.nd there- Thie cle.uae is connected by" bece.neo" with fore the me&.t offering he.d pe.rtie.lly failed or "howl," the intermediate words being treated  Ott, I, 1--20,j '.rliE :BOOK OF ,JOEL. r,