New King James Version

Darby Bible Translation

The Locust Plague in Judah

The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

The Invasion of Locusts

The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

The Land Laid Waste

Hear this, you elders,
And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land!
Has anything like this happened in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers?

2

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?

3

Tell your children about it,
Let your children tell their children,
And their children another generation.

3

Tell your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation:

4

What the chewing [a]locust left, the swarming locust has eaten;
What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten;
And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.

4

that which the palmer-worm 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 caterpillar eaten.

5

Awake, you drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
For it has been cut off from your mouth.

5

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.

6

For a nation has come up against My land,
Strong, and without number;
His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a [b]fierce lion.

6

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.

7

He has laid waste My vine,
And [c]ruined My fig tree;
He has stripped it bare and thrown it away;
Its branches are made white.

7

He hath made my vine a desolation, and barked my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away: its branches are made white.

8

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the husband of her youth.

8

A Call to Mourning

Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

9

The grain offering and the drink offering
Have been cut off from the house of the Lord;
The priests mourn, who minister to the Lord.

9

The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.

10

The field is wasted,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The oil fails.

10

The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

11

Be ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.

11

Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.

12

The vine has dried up,
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree —
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.

12

The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm also and the apple-tree; all the trees of the field are withered, yea, joy is withered away from the children of men.

13

Mourning for the Land

Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

13

A Call to Repentance

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

14

Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.

14

Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, [and] all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

15

Alas for the day!
For the day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

15

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

16

Is not the food cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

16

Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17

The seed shrivels under the clods,
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.

17

The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

18

How the animals groan!
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep [d]suffer punishment.

18

How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.

19

O Lord, to You I cry out;
For fire has devoured the [e]open pastures,
And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.

19

To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.

20

The beasts of the field also cry out to You,
For the water brooks are dried up,
And fire has devoured the [f]open pastures.

20

The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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Joel 1

Joel 1