Joel Chapter 1

1The wordH1697 of Jehovah that came to JoelH3100 the sonH1121 of Pethuel.

2HearH8085 this, ye oldH2205 menH2205, and giveH238 earH238, all ye inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776. Hath this beenH1961 in your daysH3117, or in the daysH3117 of your fathersH1? 3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generationH1755. 4That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locustH697 eatenH398; and that which the locustH697 hath left hath the canker-worm eatenH398; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eatenH398.

5Awake, ye drunkardsH7910, and weepH1058; and wailH3213, all ye drinkersH8354 of wineH3196, because of the sweetH6071 wineH3196; for it is cutH3772 off from your mouthH6310. 6For a nationH1471 is comeH5927 up upon my landH776, strong, and without numberH4557; his teethH8127 are the teethH8127 of a lionH738, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lionessH3833. 7He hath laid my vineH1612 wasteH8047, and barked my fig-tree: he hath madeH7760 it clean bareH2834, and castH7993 it awayH7993; the branchesH8299 thereof are madeH7760 whiteH3835.

8Lament like a virginH1330 girdedH2296 with sackclothH8242 for the husbandH1167 of her youthH5271. 9The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cutH3772 off from the houseH1004 of Jehovah; the priestsH3548, Jehovah’s ministers, mournH56. 10The fieldH7704 is laid waste, the landH127 mourneth; for the grainH1715 is destroyedH7703, the newH8492 wineH8492 is driedH3001 up, the oilH3323 languisheth. 11Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wailH3213, O ye vinedressersH3755, for the wheatH2406 and for the barleyH8184; for the harvestH7105 of the fieldH7704 is perishedH6. 12The vineH1612 is witheredH3001, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree alsoH1571, and the apple-tree, even all the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704 are witheredH3001: for joyH8342 is witheredH3001 away from the sonsH1121 of menH120.

13GirdH2296 yourselvesH2296with sackclothH8242, and lamentH5594, ye priestsH3548; wailH3213, ye ministers of the altarH4196; comeH935, lie all night in sackclothH8242, ye ministers of my GodH430: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the houseH1004 of your GodH430. 14SanctifyH6942 a fastH6685, callH7121 a solemnH6116 assemblyH6116, gatherH622 the oldH2205 menH2205 and all the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 unto the houseH1004 of Jehovah your GodH430, and cryH2199 unto Jehovah.

15AlasH162 for the dayH3117! for the dayH3117 of Jehovah is at hand, and as destructionH7701 from the AlmightyH7706 shall it comeH935. 16Is not the foodH400 cutH3772 off before our eyesH5869, yea, joyH8057 and gladnessH8057 from the houseH1004 of our GodH430? 17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolateH8074, the barns are brokenH2040 downH2040; for the grainH1715 is witheredH3001. 18HowH4100 do the beasts groanH584! the herdsH1241 of cattleH929 are perplexed, because they have no pastureH4829; yea, the flocksH6629 of sheepH6629 are made desolate. 19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fireH784 hath devouredH398 the pastures of the wildernessH4057, and the flameH3852 hath burned all the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704. 20Yea, the beasts of the fieldH7704 pantH6165 unto thee; for the waterH4325 brooks are driedH3001 up, and the fireH784 hath devouredH398 the pastures of the wildernessH4057.