Joel 1:3–9

3  cTell ye your children of it,

And let your children tell their children,

And their children another generation.

4  †That which dthe palmerworm hath left hath ethe locust eaten;

And that which ethe locust hath left hath fthe cankerworm eaten;

And that which fthe cankerworm hath left hath gthe caterpiller eaten.

5  Awake, ye drunkards, and weep;

And hhowl, all ye drinkers of wine,

Because of ithe new wine; kfor it is cut off from your mouth.

6  For la nation is come up upon my land,

lStrong, and without number,

mWhose teeth are the teeth of a lion,

And he hath nthe cheek teeth of a ogreat lion.

7  He hath laid my vine waste,

And †pbarked my fig tree:

He hath made it clean bare, and cast it away;

qThe branches thereof are made white.

8  Lament like a virgin rgirded with sackcloth for sthe husband of her youth.

9  tThe meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord;

uThe priests, uthe Lord’s ministers, mourn.