Joel 1
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Joel 1:8-14

8LamentH421 like a virginH1330 girdedH2296 with sackclothH8242 for the husbandH1167 of her youthH5271. 9The grain offeringH4503 and the drink offeringH5262 is cut offH3772 from the houseH1004 of YhwhH3068; the priestsH3548, Yhwh'sH3068 ministersH8334, mournH56. 10The fieldH7704 is wastedH7703, the landH127 mournethH56; for the grainH1715 is wastedH7703: the new wineH8492 is dried upH3001, the oilH3323 languishethH535. 11Be ye ashamedH3001, O ye husbandmenH406; howlH3213, O ye vinedressersH3755, for the wheatH2406 and for the barleyH8184; because the harvestH7105 of the fieldH7704 is perishedH6. 12The vineH1612 is dried upH3001, and the fig treeH8384 languishethH535; the pomegranateH7416 tree, the palm treeH8558 also, and the apple treeH8598, even all the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704, are witheredH3001: because joyH8342 is withered awayH3001 from the sonsH1121 of menH120. 13GirdH2296 yourselves, and lamentH5594, ye priestsH3548: howlH3213, ye ministersH8334 of the altarH4196: comeH935, lie all nightH3885 in sackclothH8242, ye ministersH8334 of my GodH430: for the grain offeringH4503 and the drink offeringH5262 is withholdenH4513 from the houseH1004 of your GodH430.

14SanctifyH6942 ye a fastH6685, callH7121 a solemn assemblyH6116, gatherH622 the eldersH2205 and all the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 into the houseH1004 of YhwhH3068 your GodH430, and cryH2199 unto YhwhH3068,1

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  1. 1. Joel 1:14 solemn…: or, day of restraint. ↩

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