Berean Standard Bible

Joel 1:1-10

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 lionessH3833.7It has laidH7760 wasteH8047 My grapevineH1612and 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.

Notes

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