“Hear this!
O elders!
Give ear!
All inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing happened
In your days?
Has such a thing happened
In the days
Of your ancestors?
Tell your children of it!
Let your children
Tell their children!
Let their children tell
Another generation!”
Joel began, like many of the other prophets, by asking the people to listen. He wanted the elders and all the people of the land to listen. He was going to talk about a rare event that had happened. He wondered whether it had happened in the days of their ancestors. He wanted them to tell their children about this, so that their children might tell another generations about this great event.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 