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World English Bible Classic
[1] Yahweh’s§ word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
[2] Hear this, you elders,
and listen, all you inhabitants of the land!
Has this ever happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell your children about it,
and have your children tell their children,
and their children, another generation.
[4] What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten.
What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten.
What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
[5] Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
[6] For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number.
His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and he has the fangs of a lioness.
[7] He has laid my vine waste,
and stripped my fig tree.
He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away.
Its branches are made white.
[8] Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth
for the husband of her youth!
[9] The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house.
The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.
[10] The field is laid waste.
The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,
The new wine has dried up,
and the oil languishes.
[11] Be confounded, you farmers!
Wail, you vineyard keepers,
for the wheat and for the barley;
for the harvest of the field has perished.
[12] The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered—
the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
even all of the trees of the field are withered;
for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
[13] Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests!
Wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God,§
for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.
[14] Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God,
and cry to Yahweh.
[15] Alas for the day!
For the day of Yahweh is at hand,
and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
[16] Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes,
joy and gladness from the house of our God?
[17] The seeds rot under their clods.
The granaries are laid desolate.
The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
[18] How the animals groan!
The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture.
Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
[19] Yahweh, I cry to you,
for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,
and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
[20] Yes, the animals of the field pant to you,
for the water brooks have dried up,
and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
[2] Hear this, you elders,
and listen, all you inhabitants of the land!
Has this ever happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell your children about it,
and have your children tell their children,
and their children, another generation.
[4] What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten.
What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten.
What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
[5] Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
[6] For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number.
His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and he has the fangs of a lioness.
[7] He has laid my vine waste,
and stripped my fig tree.
He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away.
Its branches are made white.
[8] Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth
for the husband of her youth!
[9] The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house.
The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.
[10] The field is laid waste.
The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,
The new wine has dried up,
and the oil languishes.
[11] Be confounded, you farmers!
Wail, you vineyard keepers,
for the wheat and for the barley;
for the harvest of the field has perished.
[12] The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered—
the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
even all of the trees of the field are withered;
for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
[13] Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests!
Wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God,§
for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.
[14] Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God,
and cry to Yahweh.
[15] Alas for the day!
For the day of Yahweh is at hand,
and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
[16] Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes,
joy and gladness from the house of our God?
[17] The seeds rot under their clods.
The granaries are laid desolate.
The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
[18] How the animals groan!
The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture.
Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
[19] Yahweh, I cry to you,
for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,
and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
[20] Yes, the animals of the field pant to you,
for the water brooks have dried up,
and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Footnotes
- § 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
- § 1:13 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
King James Version
[1] The word H1697 of the Lord H3068 that came to Joel H3100 the son H1121 of Pethuel. H6602 [2] Hear H8085 (QalImpv) this, ye old men, H2205 and give ear, H238 (HiphImpv) all ye inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of the land. H776 Hath this been in your days, H3117 or even H518 in the days H3117 of your fathers? H1 [3] Tell H5608 (PielImpv) ye your children H1121 of it, and let your children H1121 tell their children, H1121 and their children H1121 another H312 generation. H1755 [4] That which the palmerworm H1501 hath left H3499§ hath the locust H697 eaten; H398 (QalPerf) and that which the locust H697 hath left H3499 hath the cankerworm H3218 eaten; H398 (QalPerf) and that which the cankerworm H3218 hath left H3499 hath the caterpiller H2625 eaten. H398 (QalPerf) [5] Awake, H6974 (HiphImpv) ye drunkards, H7910 and weep; H1058 (QalImpv) and howl, H3213 (HiphImpv) all ye drinkers H8354 (QalActPtc) of wine, H3196 because of the new wine; H6071 for it is cut off H3772 (NiphPerf) from your mouth. H6310 [6] For a nation H1471 is come up H5927 (QalPerf) upon my land, H776 strong, H6099 and without number, H4557 whose teeth H8127 are the teeth H8127 of a lion, H738 and he hath the cheek teeth H4973 of a great lion. H3833 [7] He hath laid H7760 (QalPerf) my vine H1612 waste, H8047 and barked H7111 my fig tree: H8384§ he hath made it clean H2834 (QalInf) bare, H2834 (QalPerf) and cast it away; H7993 (HiphPerf) the branches H8299 thereof are made white. H3835 (HiphPerf) [8] Lament H421 (QalImpv) like a virgin H1330 girded H2296 (QalPasPtc) with sackcloth H8242 for the husband H1167 of her youth. H5271 [9] The meat offering H4503 and the drink offering H5262 is cut off H3772 (HophPerf) from the house H1004 of the Lord; H3068 the priests, H3548 the Lord’s H3068 ministers, H8334 (PielPtc) mourn. H56 (QalPerf) [10] The field H7704 is wasted, H7703 (PualPerf) the land H127 mourneth; H56 (QalPerf) for the corn H1715 is wasted: H7703 (PualPerf) the new wine H8492 is dried up, H3001 (HiphPerf)§ the oil H3323 languisheth. H535 (PulaPerf) [11] Be ye ashamed, H3001 (HiphImpv) O ye husbandmen; H406 howl, H3213 (HiphImpv) O ye vinedressers, H3755 for the wheat H2406 and for the barley; H8184 because the harvest H7105 of the field H7704 is perished. H6 (QalPerf) [12] The vine H1612 is dried up, H3001 (HiphPerf) and the fig tree H8384 languisheth; H535 (PulaPerf) the pomegranate H7416 tree, the palm tree H8558 also, and the apple tree, H8598 even all the trees H6086 of the field, H7704 are withered: H3001 (QalPerf) because joy H8342 is withered away H3001 (HiphPerf) from the sons H1121 of men. H120
The Day of the Lord
[13] Gird H2296 (QalImpv) yourselves, and lament, H5594 (QalImpv) ye priests: H3548 howl, H3213 (HiphImpv) ye ministers H8334 (PielPtc) of the altar: H4196 come, H935 (QalImpv) lie all night H3885 (QalImpv) in sackcloth, H8242 ye ministers H8334 (PielPtc) of my God: H430 for the meat offering H4503 and the drink offering H5262 is withholden H4513 (NiphPerf) from the house H1004 of your God. H430 [14] Sanctify H6942 (PielImpv) ye a fast, H6685 call H7121 (QalImpv) a solemn assembly, H6116§ gather H622 (QalImpv) the elders H2205 and all the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of the land H776 into the house H1004 of the Lord H3068 your God, H430 and cry H2199 (QalImpv) unto the Lord, H3068 [15] Alas H162 for the day! H3117 for the day H3117 of the Lord H3068 is at hand, H7138 and as a destruction H7701 from the Almighty H7706 shall it come. H935 (QalImpf) [16] Is not the meat H400 cut off H3772 (NiphPerf) before our eyes, H5869 yea, joy H8057 and gladness H1524 from the house H1004 of our God? H430 [17] The seed H6507§ is rotten H5685 (QalPerf) under their clods, H4053 the garners H214 are laid desolate, H8074 (NiphPerf) the barns H4460 are broken down; H2040 (NiphPerf) for the corn H1715 is withered. H3001 (HiphPerf) [18] How do the beasts H929 groan! H584 (NiphPtc) the herds H5739 of cattle H1241 are perplexed, H943 (NiphPerf) because they have no pasture; H4829 yea, the flocks H5739 of sheep H6629 are made desolate. H816 (NiphPerf) [19] O Lord, H3068 to thee will I cry: H7121 (QalImpf) for the fire H784 hath devoured H398 (QalPerf) the pastures H4999§ of the wilderness, H4057 and the flame H3852 hath burned H3857 (PielPerf) all the trees H6086 of the field. H7704 [20] The beasts H929 of the field H7704 cry H6165 (QalImpf) also unto thee: for the rivers H650 of waters H4325 are dried up, H3001 (QalPerf) and the fire H784 hath devoured H398 (QalPerf) the pastures H4999 of the wilderness. H4057Footnotes
- § 1:4 Heb. The residue of the palmerworm
- § 1:7 Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking
- § 1:10 Or, ashamed
- § 1:14 Or, day of restrain
- § 1:17 Heb. grains
- § 1:19 Or, habitations
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