Joel 1

1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

2 Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

4 What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

6 For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

7 It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.

8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

9 Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

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

11 Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

12 The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

13 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

14 Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

19 To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

1 ¶ The word of the LORD 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 even in the days of your fathers?

3 Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.

4 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.

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 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.

7 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.

8 ¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

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

11 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.

12 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.

13 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.

14 ¶ 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,

15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

19 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.

20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

1 This is the word of the LORD, which came unto Joel the son of Pethuel:

2 Hear this, ye elders, and consider, all the inhabitants of the land, whether these things were done in your days, or in the days of your fathers.

3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children their seed,

4 To wit, What the caterpillars leave, that the locusts eat; and what the locusts leave, that the beetles eat; and what the beetles leave, that the fowls eat.

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and howl, all ye winebibbers, for the wine: for it is taken away from before your mouth.

6 For there cometh up into my land a mighty nation, and without number, having teeth like lions, and molars like lionesses.

7 The same hath laid waste my vineyard, and cut down my fig tree, and shewed it, and cast it down, that the branches thereof are white.

8 howl like a virgin who puts on sackcloth for her bridegroom!

9 For the meat offering and the drink offering are gone from the house of the LORD, and the priests the LORD'S servants mourn.

10 The field is desolate, and the ground miserable; the corn is corrupt, the wine miserable, and the oil miserable.

11 The husbandmen see miserably, and the husbandmen weep for the wheat and for the barley, that nothing can come of the harvest of the field.

12 The vine also is miserable, and the fig tree pitiful; and the pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the apple tree, and all the trees of the field are withered: for the joy of men is turned into mourning.

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar; go in, and lie in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God. For it is both meat offering and drink offering gone from the house of your God.

14 Sanctify a fast; call the congregation together; gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.

15 O woe to the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as destruction from the Almighty.

16 And the meat shall be taken away from before our eyes, and joy and gladness from the house of our God.

17 The seed is rotten under the earth, the granaries are desolate, the barns are broken down: for the corn is corrupt.

18 O how the cattle groan! The oxen look piteous, for they have no pasture; and the sheep languish.

19 O LORD, I call upon thee: for the fire hath burned up the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath kindled all the trees of the field.

20 The wild beasts also cry unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath burned up the pastures of the wilderness.