Joel 1:1–7
The word of the Lord that camea to Joelb son of Pethuel.
listen, all who live in the land.e
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?f
3 Tell it to your children,g
and let your children tell it to their children,
and their children to the next generation.h
4 What the locusti swarm has left
the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left
the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have leftj
5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine;l
wail because of the new wine,
for it has been snatchedm from your lips.
6 A nation has invaded my land,
a mighty army without number;n
it has the teetho of a lion,
the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has laid wastep my vines
and ruined my fig trees.q
It has stripped off their bark
and thrown it away,
leaving their branches white.