Berean Standard Bible

Joel 1:2-15

2HearH8085 thisH2063, O eldersH2205; and give earH238, allH3605 who dwellH3427 in the landH776. Has anything like thisH2063 ever happenedH1961 in your daysH3117 orH518 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 failsH3323.11Be dismayedH954, O farmersH406,wailH3213, O vinedressersH3755,overH5921 the wheatH2406 andH5921 barleyH8184,becauseH3588 the harvestH7105 of the fieldH7704 has perishedH6.12The 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 AlmightyH7706.2

Notes

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