O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
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Gill's Exposition
O Lord, to thee will I cry,.... Or pray, as the Targum; with great vehemency and earnestness, commiserating the case of man and beast: these are the words of the prophet, resolving to use his interest…
Barnes' Notes
O Lord, to Thee will I cry - This is the only hope left, and contains all hopes. From the Lord was the infliction; in Him is the healing. The prophet appeals to God by His own Name, the faithful…
We have observed abundance of tears shed for the destruction of the fruits of the earth by the locusts; now here we have those tears turned into the right channel, that of repentance and humiliation…
Cambridge Bible
Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I cry the prophet, speaking (as Joe 1:6-7; Joe 1:1) in the nation's name, turns for help to Jehovah, who "saveth men and cattle" (Psa 36:6).
fire either fig. of the intense…
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