《旧约》中十二小先知的第二位，〈约珥书〉的作者。（他的预言书在犹太教正典中是较大的“十二先知书”的一部分。）他在耶路撒冷第二圣殿住过一段时间（西元前516～西元70年），但生平不详。他首次预言是关于蝗虫的灾害，这是一则对无信仰的人的灾难的寓言。他的神谕很简单∶唯有人们真正依靠雅赫维，救赎才会降临犹大支派。该书最后期待世界末日的来临，当所有以色列人都认识上帝时。

Second of the 12 Minor Prophets in the Old Testament, author of
the Book of Joel. (His prophecy is part of a larger book, The Twelve, in the
Jewish canon.) He lived sometime during the period of the Second Temple of
Jersusalem (516 BC-AD 70), but nothing is known of his life. He opens his
prophecy by describing a plague of locusts, an allegory of the disasters to come
upon a faithless people. His message is simple: salvation will come to Judah
only when the people truly turn to Yahweh. The end of the book looks forward to
the final days, when all Israel will share in the knowledge of God.

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