New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 1:13-20

13 1Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; 2Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, 3spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.14 4Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a 5solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the Lord your God, And 6cry out to the Lord.15 7Alas for the day! For the 8day of the Lord is near, And it will come as 9destruction from the 10Almighty.16Has not 11food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and 12joy from the house of our God?17The 13 14seeds shrivel under their 15clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.18How 16the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep 17suffer.19 18To You, O Lord, I cry; For 19fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.20Even the beasts of the field 20 21pant for You; For the 22water brooks are dried up And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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1. Joel 1:13 Jer 4:8; Ezek 7:18 ↩
2. Joel 1:13 Jer 9:10 ↩
3. Joel 1:13 1 Kin 21:27 ↩
4. Joel 1:14 Joel 2:15, 16 ↩
5. Joel 1:14 Lev 23:36 ↩
6. Joel 1:14 Jon 3:8 ↩
7. Joel 1:15 Is 13:9; Jer 30:7; Amos 5:16 ↩
8. Joel 1:15 Joel 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
9. Joel 1:15 Is 13:6; Ezek 7:2-12 ↩
10. Joel 1:15 Heb Shaddai ↩
11. Joel 1:16 Is 3:7; Amos 4:6 ↩
12. Joel 1:16 Deut 12:7; Ps 43:4 ↩
13. Joel 1:17 Or dried figs ↩
14. Joel 1:17 Is 17:10, 11 ↩
15. Joel 1:17 Or shovels ↩
16. Joel 1:18 1 Kin 8:5; Jer 12:4; 14:5, 6; Hos 4:3 ↩
17. Joel 1:18 Lit bear punishment ↩
18. Joel 1:19 Ps 50:15; Mic 7:7 ↩
19. Joel 1:19 Jer 9:10; Amos 7:4 ↩
20. Joel 1:20 Lit long for ↩
21. Joel 1:20 Ps 104:21; 147:9; Joel 1:18 ↩
22. Joel 1:20 1 Kin 17:7; 18:5 ↩

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