Joel — Book front (modern spelling)
The Prophecy of Joel
Joel the son of Phatuel born in Bethoron,1 of the tribe of Issachar; prophesied the same time,2 or part thereof, with Osee, according to S. Jerome's rule, approved by most expositors, that when any of these twelve Prophets expresseth not what time he wrote, the same time is understood which the precedent prophet noteth. He prophesied to the kingdom of Juda, as appeareth by express mention of3 Sacrifice, Priests, house of God, Jerusalem, and Sion; but describeth also the whole land of twelve tribes, consumed by the Eruke,4 Locust, Bruke, and Blast. And after the eversion of the former people, the coming of the Holy Ghost upon the servants of God men5 and women: the 120 faithful gathered in the chamber in Sion. Finally foreshowing the general Judgement, and future eternal world.
Footnotes
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born in Bethoron — S. Epiph. de vita Patriarc. ↩
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prophesied the same time — Joel prophesied the same time with Osee. ↩
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Juda, as appeareth by express mention — Especially to the two tribes. ↩
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tribes, consumed by the Eruke — S. Iero. Epist. ad Paulin. ↩
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Ghost upon the servants of God — The contents. ↩