Joel 1:2
Hear this, O elders;
What it says
The elders and all the people of the land are called to hear and consider whether such a thing has ever happened before.
What it is doing
This verse frames the coming description as an event of extraordinary and communal significance.
In context
1This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: 2Hear this, O elders; 3Tell it to your children; 4What the devouring locust has left, 5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; 6For a nation has invaded My land, 7It has laid waste My grapevine