| Old Testament and Tanakh |
Jewish, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox
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Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox
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Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox
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Russian and Oriental Orthodox
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| Oriental Orthodox |
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| Books of Nevi'im |
| First Prophets |
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| 1. Book of Joshua |
| 2. Book of Judges |
| 3. Books of Samuel |
| 4. Books of Kings |
| Later Prophets |
| 5. Book of Isaiah |
| 6. Book of Jeremiah |
| 7. Book of Ezekiel |
8. Minor prophets
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The Book of Joel' is one of the minor prophets.
Contents[]
- A prophecy of a great public calamity then impending over the land, consisting of a want of water and an extraordinary plague of locusts (1:1-2:11).
- The prophet then calls on his countrymen to repent and to turn to God, assuring them of his readiness to forgive (2:12-17), and foretelling the restoration of the land to its accustomed fruitfulness (18-26).
- Then follows a Messianic prophecy, quoted by Peter (Acts 2:39).
- Finally, the prophet foretells portents and judgments as destined to fall on the enemies of God (ch. 3, but in the Hebrew text 4).