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The Devastation of Locusts
The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
The Invasion of Locusts
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Hear this, O elders,
And listen, all inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this happened in your days
Or in your fathers’ days?
And listen, all inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this happened in your days
Or in your fathers’ days?
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Tell your sons about it,
And let your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.
And let your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Awake, drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
For a nation has invaded my land,
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
It has made my vine a waste
And my fig tree splinters.
It has stripped them bare and cast them away;
Their branches have become white.
And my fig tree splinters.
It has stripped them bare and cast them away;
Their branches have become white.
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the bridegroom of her youth.
For the bridegroom of her youth.
A Call to Mourning
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
From the house of the LORD.
The priests mourn,
The ministers of the LORD.
From the house of the LORD.
The priests mourn,
The ministers of the LORD.
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
The field is ruined,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine dries up,
Fresh oil fails.
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine dries up,
Fresh oil fails.
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Be ashamed, O farmers,
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed, rejoicing dries up
From the sons of men.
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed, rejoicing dries up
From the sons of men.
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
A Call to Repentance
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Starvation and Drought
Consecrate a fast,
Proclaim a solemn assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
To the house of the LORD your God,
And cry out to the LORD.
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
Alas for the day!
For the day of the LORD is near,
And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
For the day of the LORD is near,
And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Has not food been cut off before our eyes,
Gladness and joy from the house of our God?
Gladness and joy from the house of our God?
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The seeds shrivel under their clods;
The storehouses are desolate,
The barns are torn down,
For the grain is dried up.
The storehouses are desolate,
The barns are torn down,
For the grain is dried up.
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
How the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep suffer.
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep suffer.
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
To You, O LORD, I cry;
For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.