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Joel 1:8–13

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. rver. 13. See 1 Kin. 20:31.
  2. sSo Prov. 2:17. Jer. 3:4.
  3. tver. 13. So ver 16. Comp. ch. 2:14. Also Dan. 8:11, 12.
  4. uver. 13. ch. 2:17. So Isai. 61:6. Ezek. 45:4.
  5. uver. 13. ch. 2:17. So Isai. 61:6. Ezek. 45:4.
  6. vSee Hos. 4:3.
  7. wch. 2:19 (24). See Hos. 2:8.
  8. wch. 2:19 (24). See Hos. 2:8.
  9. xSee Isai. 24:7.
  10. ||Or, ashamed, ver. 11. Jer. 2:26. Hos. 2:5. Zech. 9:5. & 10:5 (Heb.).
  11. yver. 12, 17 (Heb.). Josh. 2:10. & 4:23. So Hos. 13:15.
  12. wch. 2:19 (24). See Hos. 2:8.
  13. yySee Isai. 16:8.
  14. zJe. 14:4 (Heb.).
  15. yver. 12, 17 (Heb.). Josh. 2:10. & 4:23. So Hos. 13:15.
  16. pComp. ver. 12.
  17. aSee Ps. 92:12.
  18. bSee Prov. 25:11.
  19. cSo Isai. 24:11. Jer. 48:33.
  20. yver. 12, 17 (Heb.). Josh. 2:10. & 4:23. So Hos. 13:15.
  21. dJer. 4:8. So Mic. 1:8 (Heb.).
  22. eSee ver. 8.
  23. dJer. 4:8. So Mic. 1:8 (Heb.).
  24. dJer. 4:8. So Mic. 1:8 (Heb.).
  25. eSee ver. 8.
  26. fSee ver. 9.
  27. fSee ver. 9.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth

for the bridegroom of her youth.

The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off

from the house of the Lord.

The priests mourn,

the ministers of the Lord.

The fields are destroyed,

the ground mourns,

because the grain is destroyed,

the wine dries up,

the oil languishes.

Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil;

wail, O vinedressers,

for the wheat and the barley,

because the harvest of the field has perished.

The vine dries up;

the fig tree languishes.

Pomegranate, palm, and apple,

all the trees of the field are dried up,

and gladness dries up

from the children of man.

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;

wail, O ministers of the altar.

Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,

O ministers of my God!

Because grain offering and drink offering

are withheld from the house of your God.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth

grieving for the betrothed of her youth.

Grain offerings and drink offerings

are cut off from the house of the Lord.

The priests are in mourning,

those who minister before the Lord.

The fields are ruined,

the ground is dried up;

the grain is destroyed,

the new wine is dried up,

the olive oil fails.

Despair, you farmers,

wail, you vine growers;

grieve for the wheat and the barley,

because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

The vine is dried up

and the fig tree is withered;

the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree—

all the trees of the field—are dried up.

Surely the people’s joy

is withered away.

Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;

wail, you who minister before the altar.

Come, spend the night in sackcloth,

you who minister before my God;

for the grain offerings and drink offerings

are withheld from the house of your God.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,

mourning for the husband of her youth.

Grain and drink offerings have been cut off

from the house of the Lord;

the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.

The fields are destroyed;

the land grieves;

indeed, the grain is destroyed;

the new wine is dried up;

and the fresh oil fails.

Be ashamed, you farmers,

wail, you vinedressers,

over the wheat and the barley,

because the harvest of the field has perished.

The grapevine is dried up,

and the fig tree is withered;

the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple—

all the trees of the orchard—have withered.

Indeed, human joy has dried up.

Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests;

wail, you ministers of the altar.

Come and spend the night in sackcloth,

you ministers of my God,

because grain and drink offerings

are withheld from the house of your God.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Weep like a bride dressed in black,

mourning the death of her husband.

For there is no grain or wine

to offer at the Temple of the Lord.

So the priests are in mourning.

The ministers of the Lord are weeping.

The fields are ruined,

the land is stripped bare.

The grain is destroyed,

the grapes have shriveled,

and the olive oil is gone.

Despair, all you farmers!

Wail, all you vine growers!

Weep, because the wheat and barley—

all the crops of the field—are ruined.

The grapevines have dried up,

and the fig trees have withered.

The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees—

all the fruit trees—have dried up.

And the people’s joy has dried up with them.

Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests!

Wail, you who serve before the altar!

Come, spend the night in burlap,

you ministers of my God.

For there is no grain or wine

to offer at the Temple of your God.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Lament like a virgin girded in sackcloth

for the husband of her youth.

The offering and libation are withheld

from the house of Yahweh.

The priests mourn,

the ministers of Yahweh.

The field is destroyed;

the earth mourns

because the grain is destroyed,

the new wine dries up,

the olive oil languishes.

Be ashamed, farmers;

Wail, vinedressers,

over the wheat and over the barley,

because the harvest of the field is ruined.

The vine withers

and the fig tree droops.

The pomegranate tree, and also the palm tree, the apple tree

—all the trees of the field—are dried up.

Indeed, joy is dried up

among the sons of men.

Gird yourselves and lament, O priests!

Wail, O ministers of the altar!

Come spend the night in sackcloth,

O ministers of my God,

because offering and libation

are withheld from the house of your God.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press