Joel 1

1^*The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

^2aHear this, ^bye old men,

And give ear, ^ball ye inhabitants of the land.

^bbHath this been in your days,

Or even in the days of your fathers?

^3cTell 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.

⁵Awake, ye drunkards, and weep;

And ^hhowl, all ye drinkers of wine,

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

⁶For ^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.

⁷He 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.

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

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

^uThe priests, ^uthe Lord’s ministers, mourn.

¹⁰The field is wasted, ^vthe land mourneth;

For ^wthe corn is wasted: ^wxthe new wine is ^||ydried up, ^wthe oil ^yylanguisheth.

^11zBe ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers,

For the wheat and for the barley;

Because the harvest of the field is perished.

¹²The vine is ^ydried up, and ^pthe fig tree languisheth;

The pomegranate tree, ^athe palm tree also, and ^bthe apple tree,

Even all the trees of the field, are withered:

Because ^cjoy is ^ywithered away from the sons of men.

^13deGird yourselves, and ^dlament, ye priests:

^dHowl, ye ministers of the altar:

Come, lie all night ^ein sackcloth, ^fye ministers of my God:

For ^fthe meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

^14gSanctify ye a fast, ^gcall a ^||solemn assembly,

^gGather ^hthe elders and ^hall the inhabitants of the land

Into the house of the Lord your God,

And cry unto the Lord,

¹⁵Alas for the day! ⁱfor the day of the Lord is at hand,

And as a ^jdestruction from ^kthe Almighty shall it come.

^16fIs not the meat cut off before our eyes,

Yea, ^ljoy and gladness ^ffrom the house of our God?

^17llThe ^†seed is rotten under their clods,

The garners are laid desolate, ^mthe barns are broken down;

For the corn is ^ywithered.

¹⁸ⁿHow do the beasts groan!

The herds of cattle ⁿⁿare perplexed,

Because they have no pasture;

Yea, the flocks of sheep ^oare made desolate.

¹⁹O Lord, ^pto thee will I cry:

For ^qthe fire hath devoured ^rthe ^||pastures of the wilderness,

And ^sthe flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

²⁰ⁿThe beasts of the field ^tcry also unto thee:

For ^uthe rivers of waters ^vare dried up,

And ^qthe fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.