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‏ Joel 1

CHAPTER 1 The Locust and Caterpillar Destroy the Land

1 The word of the lord which came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2 Hear these things, O elders, and give ear all dwelling the land! Have [²taken place ¹such things] in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 3 Concerning them, [²to ³your children ¹describe], and your children to their children, and their children unto [²generation ¹another]! 4 The things remaining of the caterpillar [³devoured ¹the ²locust]; and the things remaining of the locust [³devoured ¹the ²grasshopper]; and the things remaining of the grasshopper [³devoured ¹the ²blight]. 5 Sober up, O ones being intoxicated from their wine! Weep and wail all drinking the wine unto intoxication! for it was lifted away from your mouth. 6 For a nation ascended upon my land, one strong and innumerable. His teeth [²teeth ¹are as lion's], and his molars as cubs. 7 He appointed my grapevine for extinction, and my fig-trees for a splinter. In searching he searched it, and tossed it down; he whitened its branches. 8 Wail to me more than a bride being girded with sackcloth for the husband of her virginity. 9 [⁴have been lifted away ¹The sacrifice ²and ³the libation offering] from the house of the lord. Mourn, O priests! ministers of the lord, 10 for [³languish ¹the ²plains]. Mourn, O earth, for [²languishes ¹the grain]! [²was dried up ¹the wine], [²lessened ¹the olive oil]. 11 [²were withered ¹The farmers]. Wail for your possessions, for the wheat and barley; for [²he has destroyed ¹the gathering of crops] from out of the field! 12 The grapevine was dried up, and the fig-trees were lessened; pomegranate, and palm, and apple and all the trees of the field were dried up; for [⁴shamed ⁵joy ¹the ²sons ³of men].

The Destruction of the Food Supply

13 Gird and beat yourselves, O priests! Wail, O ones ministering at the altar! Enter, sleep in sackcloths! O ones ministering to God. for [⁴are at a distance ⁵from ⁶the house ⁷of your God ¹the sacrifice offering ²and ³libation offering]. 14 Sanctify a fast! Proclaim a sacred service! Bring together elders! all the ones dwelling the land, into the house of the lord your God. And cry out to the lord fervently! 15 Woe, woe, woe for the day, for [⁴is near ¹the ²day ³of the lord], and as misery from misery, it shall come. 16 Were not [³in front of ⁴your eyes ¹foods ²lifted away]? from out of the house of your God gladness and joy? 17 [²leap ¹Heifers] in their stables, [²are obliterated ¹treasures], [²were razed ¹wine vats], for [²was dried up ¹the grain]. 18 What shall we put aside for ourselves? [³weep ¹The herds ²of oxen], for no [²exists ¹pasture] to them; and the flocks of the sheep were obliterated. 19 To you, O lord, we shall yell. For fire consumed the beautiful things of the wilderness, and a flame incinerated all the trees of the field. 20 And the cattle of the plain look up to you, for [³were dried up ¹the releases ²of waters], and fire devoured the beautiful things of the wilderness.