Joel 1 in the early church
25 passages quote, allude to, or echo Joel 1, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 10 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 17
Joel 1 as a whole
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1–Joel:3 | Canon 60 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 343–381 |
| Joel 1–Joel:3 | Canon 47 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 397 |
Joel 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:1 | Miscellanies 1.21.118 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Joel 1:1 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 2.18.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
Joel 1:4
What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:4 | Oration II Against the Arians 38 · Athanasius of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Joel 1:4–20 | Oration 16.5 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Joel 1:4 | Oration 42.4 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Joel 1:4 | Letter 53.8 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Joel 1:4 | Letters 39.5 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Joel 1:4 | Letters 39.6 · Paulinus of Nola | quotation, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Joel 1:4 | Letters 39.7 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Joel 1:4 | The Conferences 13.3 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Joel 1:5
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:5 | On Elijah and Fasting 81 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-390 |
| Joel 1:5 | The Conferences 9.5 · John Cassian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Joel 1:6
For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:6 | Homilies on Matthew 4.9 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
Joel 1:10
The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:10–12 | Oration 16.15 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Joel 1:13
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:13 | Commentary on Romans 2.4 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Joel 1:13 | Oration 2.38 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Joel 1:13–14 | Oration 16.13 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Joel 1:13 | Tractates 1.15.3 · Zeno of Verona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| Joel 1:13 | Tractates 2.67.1 · Zeno of Verona | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362-380 |
Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:14 | On Fasting 16 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| Joel 1:14 | Against Jovinianus 2.17 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | 393 |
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:15 | Commentary on Romans 2.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
Joel 1:17
The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel 1:17 | Oration 16.15 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |