5 Awake, ye drunkards שִׁכּוֹרִים֙ shi.ko.Rim H7910 , and weep וּבְכ֔וּ u.ve.Khu H1058 ; and wail וְהֵילִ֖לוּ ve.hei.Li.lu H3213 , all ye drinkers שֹׁ֣תֵי Sho.tei H8354 of wine יָ֑יִן Ya.yin H3196 , because of the sweet עָסִ֕יס 'a.Sis H6071 wine H3196 ; for it is cut נִכְרַ֖ת nikh.Rat H3772 off from your mouth מִפִּיכֶֽם׃ mi.pi.Khem H6310 . 6 For a nation גוֹי֙ goy H1471 is come עָלָ֣ה 'a.Lah H5927 up upon my land אַרְצִ֔י 'ar.Tzi H776 , strong , and without number מִסְפָּ֑ר mis.Par H4557 ; his teeth שִׁנָּיו֙ shi.Nav H8127 are the teeth שִׁנֵּ֣י shi.Nei H8127 of a lion אַרְיֵ֔ה 'ar.Yeh H738 , and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness לָבִ֖יא la.Vi' H3833 . 7 He hath laid my vine גַּפְנִי֙ gaf.Ni H1612 waste לְשַׁמָּ֔ה le.sha.Mah H8047 , and barked my fig-tree: he hath made H7760 it clean bare H2834 , and cast H7993 it away וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ ve.hish.Likh H7993 ; the branches שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ׃ sa.ri.Gei.ha H8299 thereof are made H7760 white הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ hil.Bi.nu H3835 . 8 Lament like a virgin כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה kiv.tu.Lah H1330 girded חֲגֻֽרַת־ cha.gu.rat- H2296 with sackcloth שַׂ֖ק sak H8242 for the husband בַּ֥עַל Ba.'al H1167 of her youth נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃ ne.'u.Rei.ha H5271 . 9 The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut הָכְרַ֥ת ha.khe.Rat H3772 off from the house מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit H1004 of Jehovah ; the priests הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים ha.Ko.ha.Nim H3548 , Jehovah’s ministers , mourn אָֽבְלוּ֙ 'a.ve.Lu H56 . 11 Be confounded , O ye husbandmen, wail הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ hei.Li.lu H3213 , O ye vinedressers כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים ko.re.Mim H3755 , for the wheat חִטָּ֖ה chi.Tah H2406 and for the barley שְׂעֹרָ֑ה se.'o.Rah H8184 ; for the harvest קְצִ֥יר ke.Tzir H7105 of the field שָׂדֶֽה׃ sa.Deh H7704 is perished אָבַ֖ד 'a.Vad H6 . 12 The vine הַגֶּ֣פֶן ha.Ge.fen H1612 is withered H3001 , and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also גַּם־ gam- H1571 , and the apple-tree, even all the trees H6086 of the field הַשָּׂדֶה֙ ha.sa.Deh H7704 are withered H3001 : for joy שָׂשׂ֖וֹן sa.Son H8342 is withered H3001 away from the sons H1121 of men H120 . Read all of Joel 1 ← Hosea 14 Joel 2 → American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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