Joel 1:6

Joel · Old Testament · Chapter 1

“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.”Joel 1:6

What Does Joel 1:6 Mean?

Joel 1:6 is found in the book of Joel, chapter 1, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (12)

These passages are connected to Joel 1:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Joel 2:2“A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.”Revelation 9:8“And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.”Joel 2:25“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.”Proverbs 30:27“The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;”Proverbs 30:14“There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.”Isaiah 8:8“And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.”Revelation 9:7“And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.”Exodus 10:15“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.”Psalms 107:34“A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.”Proverbs 30:25“The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;”Isaiah 32:13“Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:”Hosea 9:3“They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.”

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