Joel Chapter 1

Berean Standard Bible

The Invasion of Locusts

1This is the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 thatH834 cameH1961 toH413 JoelH3100 sonH1121 of PethuelH6602:

2HearH8085 thisH2063, O eldersH2205;and give earH238, allH3605 who dwellH3427 in the landH776.Has anything like thisH2063 ever happenedH1961 in your daysH3117orH518 in the daysH3117 of your fathersH1?3TellH5608 itH5921 to your childrenH1121;let your childrenH1121 tell it to their childrenH1121,and their childrenH1121 to the nextH312 generationH1755.4What the devouring locustH1501 has leftH3499,the swarming locustH697 has eatenH398;what the swarming locustH697 has leftH3499,the young locustH3218 has eatenH398;and what the young locustH3218 has leftH3499,the destroying locustH2625 has eatenH398.1

5Wake upH6974, you drunkardsH7910, and weepH1058;wailH3213, allH3605 you drinkersH8354 of wineH3196,because ofH5921 the sweet wineH6071,forH3588 it has been cut offH3772 from your mouthH6310.6ForH3588 a nationH1471 has invadedH5927 H5921 My landH776,powerfulH6099 and withoutH369 numberH4557;its teethH8127 are the teethH8127 of a lionH738,and its fangsH4973 are the fangs of a lionessH3833.

A Call to Mourning

7It has laidH7760 wasteH8047 My grapevineH1612 and splinteredH7111 My fig treeH8384. It has stripped off the barkH2834 and thrown it awayH7993; the branchesH8299 have turned whiteH3835.

8WailH421 like a virginH1330 dressedH2296 in sackclothH8242,grieving forH5921 the husbandH1167 of her youthH5271.9Grain and drink offeringsH4503 H5262 have been cut offH3772from the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068;the priestsH3548 are in mourningH56,those who ministerH8334 before the LORDH3068.10The fieldH7704 is ruinedH7703;the landH127 mournsH56.ForH3588 the grainH1715 is destroyedH7703,the new wineH8492 H535 is dried upH3001, and the oil failsH3323.11Be dismayedH954, O farmersH406,wailH3213, O vinedressersH3755,overH5921 the wheatH2406 andH5921 barleyH8184,becauseH3588 the harvestH7105 of the fieldH7704 has perishedH6.

A Call to Repentance

(Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)

12The grapevineH1612 is dried upH3001, and the fig treeH8384 is witheredH535; the pomegranateH7416 H1571, palmH8558, and appleH8598— allH3605 the treesH6086 of the orchardH7704—are witheredH3001. SurelyH3588 the joyH8342 ofH4480 mankindH1121 H120 has dried upH954.

13Put onH2296 sackcloth and lamentH5594, O priestsH3548;wailH3213, O ministersH8334 of the altarH4196.ComeH935, spend the nightH3885 in sackclothH8242,O ministersH8334 of my GodH430,becauseH3588 the grainH4503 and drink offeringsH5262are withheldH4513 from the houseH1004 of your GodH430.14ConsecrateH6942 a fastH6685;proclaimH7121 a solemn assemblyH6116!GatherH622 the eldersH2205and allH3605 the residentsH3427 of the landH776to the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430,and cry outH2199 toH413 the LORDH3068.

15AlasH162 for the dayH3117!ForH3588 the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068 is nearH7138,and it will comeH935as destructionH7701 from the AlmightyH7706.216Has notH3808 the foodH400 been cut offH3772beforeH5048 our very eyesH5869—joyH8057 and gladnessH1524from the houseH1004 of our GodH430?17The seedsH6507 lie shriveledH5685 beneathH8478 the clodsH4053;the storehousesH214 are in ruinsH8074;the granariesH4460 are broken downH2040,forH3588 the grainH1715 has withered awayH3001.18HowH4100 the cattleH929 groanH584!The herdsH5739 H1241 wander in confusionH943becauseH3588 they have noH369 pastureH4829.EvenH1571 the flocksH5739 of sheepH6629 are sufferingH816.

19To YouH413, O LORDH3068, I callH7121,forH3588 fireH784 has consumedH398 the openH4057 pasturesH4999and flamesH3852 have scorchedH3857 allH3605 the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704.20EvenH1571 the beastsH929 of the fieldH7704 pantH6165 for YouH413,forH3588 the streamsH650 of waterH4325 have dried upH3001,and fireH784 has consumedH398 the openH4057 pasturesH4999.

Notes

1. Joel 1:4 The precise identification of the four kinds of locusts mentioned here is uncertain. ↩
2. Joel 1:15 Hebrew Shaddai ↩