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Joel 1
1:1

The word1697 of Yahweh3068 that came to Joel3100 the son1121 of Pethuel.6602

1:2

Hear8085 this, ye old men,2205 and give ear,238 all ye inhabitants3427 of the land.776 Hath this been in your days,3117 or518 even in the days3117 of your fathers?1

1:3

Tell5608 ye your children1121 of it, and let your children1121 tell their children,1121 and their children1121 another312 generation.1755

1:4

That which the palmerworm1501 hath left3499 hath the locust697 eaten;398 and that which the locust697 hath left3499 hath the cankerworm3218 eaten;398 and that which the cankerworm3218 hath left3499 hath the caterpiller2625 eaten.398

1:5

Awake,6974 ye drunkards,7910 and weep;1058 and howl,3213 all ye drinkers8354 of wine,3196 because of the new wine;6071 for it is cut off3772 from your mouth.6310

1:6

For a nation1471 is come up5927 upon my land,776 strong,6099 and without number,4557 whose teeth8127 are the teeth8127 of a lion,738 and he hath the cheek teeth4973 of a great lion.3833

1:7

He hath laid7760 my vine1612 waste,8047 and barked7111 my fig tree:8384 he hath made it clean2834 bare,2834 and cast it away;7993 the branches8299 thereof are made white.3835

1:8

Lament421 like a virgin1330 girded2296 with sackcloth8242 for the husband1167 of her youth.5271

1:9

The meat offering4503 and the drink offering5262 is cut off3772 from the house1004 of Yahweh;3068 the priests,3548 Yahweh's3068 ministers,8334 mourn.56

1:10

The field7704 is wasted,7703 the land127 mourneth;56 for the corn1715 is wasted:7703 the new wine8492 is dried up,3001 the oil3323 languisheth.535

1:11

Be ye ashamed,3001 O ye husbandmen;406 howl,3213 O ye vinedressers,3755 for the wheat2406 and for the barley;8184 because the harvest7105 of the field7704 is perished.6

1:12

The vine1612 is dried up,3001 and the fig tree8384 languisheth;535 the pomegranate tree,7416 the palm tree8558 also, and the apple tree,8598 even all the trees6086 of the field,7704 are withered:3001 because joy8342 is withered away3001 from the sons1121 of men.120

1:13

Gird2296 yourselves, and lament,5594 ye priests:3548 howl,3213 ye ministers8334 of the altar:4196 come,935 lie all night3885 in sackcloth,8242 ye ministers8334 of my Elohim:430 for the meat offering4503 and the drink offering5262 is withholden4513 from the house1004 of your Elohim.430

1:14

Sanctify6942 ye a fast,6685 call7121 a solemn assembly,6116 gather622 the elders2205 and all the inhabitants3427 of the land776 into the house1004 of Yahweh3068 your Elohim,430 and cry2199 unto Yahweh,3068

1:15

Alas162 for the day!3117 for the day3117 of Yahweh3068 is at hand,7138 and as a destruction7701 from the Almighty7706 shall it come.935

1:16

Is not the meat400 cut off3772 before our eyes,5869 yea, joy8057 and gladness1524 from the house1004 of our Elohim?430

1:17

The seed6507 is rotten5685 under their clods,4053 the garners214 are laid desolate,8074 the barns4460 are broken down;2040 for the corn1715 is withered.3001

1:18

How do the beasts929 groan!584 the herds5739 of cattle1241 are perplexed,943 because they have no pasture;4829 yea, the flocks5739 of sheep6629 are made desolate.816

1:19

O Yahweh,3068 to thee will I cry:7121 for the fire784 hath devoured398 the pastures4999 of the wilderness,4057 and the flame3852 hath burned3857 all the trees6086 of the field.7704

1:20

The beasts929 of the field7704 cry6165 also unto thee: for the rivers650 of waters4325 are dried up,3001 and the fire784 hath devoured398 the pastures4999 of the wilderness.4057