: Joel comes from the Hebrew yô˒ēl, which means “Yahweh is El.” We know nothing about the personal life of Joel. The book occupies second place in the collection of the twelve prophets. It falls into two parts: Joel 1:1–2:27 (Joel 1–2 lxx and Heb), the plague of the locusts; and Joel 2:28–3:21 (Joel 3–4 lxx and Heb), the day of Yahweh. (Chapter 3 of the book in the Septuagint and Hebrew comprises the last five verses of chapter 2 in the Vulgate, which modern English versions follow
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