1 The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? There is no example, no precedent for what has happened. It is startling. For example, even though we have had plagues before that have killed millions, have we ever seen anything like this? The entire world shuts down?