Joel 1:1
The word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} that came to Joel{H3100} the son{H1121} of Pethuel{H6602}.
Joel 1:2
Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} this, ye old men{H2205}, and give ear{H238}{(H8685)}, all ye inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}. Hath this been in your days{H3117}, or even{H518} in the days{H3117} of your fathers{H1}?
Joel 1:3
Tell{H5608}{(H8761)} ye your children{H1121} of it, and let your children{H1121} tell their children{H1121}, and their children{H1121} another{H312} generation{H1755}.
Joel 1:4
That which the palmerworm{H1501} hath left{H3499} hath the locust{H697} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}; and that which the locust{H697} hath left{H3499} hath the cankerworm{H3218} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}; and that which the cankerworm{H3218} hath left{H3499} hath the caterpiller{H2625} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}.
Joel 1:5
Awake{H6974}{(H8685)}, ye drunkards{H7910}, and weep{H1058}{(H8798)}; and howl{H3213}{(H8685)}, all ye drinkers{H8354}{(H8802)} of wine{H3196}, because of the new wine{H6071}; for it is cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} from your mouth{H6310}.
Joel 1:6
For a nation{H1471} is come up{H5927}{(H8804)} upon my land{H776}, strong{H6099}, and without number{H4557}, whose teeth{H8127} are the teeth{H8127} of a lion{H738}, and he hath the cheek teeth{H4973} of a great lion{H3833}.
Joel 1:7
He hath laid{H7760}{(H8804)} my vine{H1612} waste{H8047}, and barked{H7111} my fig tree{H8384}: he hath made it clean{H2834}{(H8800)} bare{H2834}{(H8804)}, and cast it away{H7993}{(H8689)}; the branches{H8299} thereof are made white{H3835}{(H8689)}.
Joel 1:8
Lament{H421}{(H8798)} like a virgin{H1330} girded{H2296}{(H8803)} with sackcloth{H8242} for the husband{H1167} of her youth{H5271}.
Joel 1:9
The meat offering{H4503} and the drink offering{H5262} is cut off{H3772}{(H8717)} from the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}; the priests{H3548}, the LORD'S{H3068} ministers{H8334}{(H8764)}, mourn{H56}{(H8804)}.
Joel 1:10
The field{H7704} is wasted{H7703}{(H8795)}, the land{H127} mourneth{H56}{(H8804)}; for the corn{H1715} is wasted{H7703}{(H8795)}: the new wine{H8492} is dried up{H3001}{(H8689)}, the oil{H3323} languisheth{H535}{(H8797)}.
Joel 1:11
Be ye ashamed{H3001}{(H8685)}, O ye husbandmen{H406}; howl{H3213}{(H8685)}, O ye vinedressers{H3755}, for the wheat{H2406} and for the barley{H8184}; because the harvest{H7105} of the field{H7704} is perished{H6}{(H8804)}.
Joel 1:12
The vine{H1612} is dried up{H3001}{(H8689)}, and the fig tree{H8384} languisheth{H535}{(H8797)}; the pomegranate{H7416} tree, the palm tree{H8558} also, and the apple tree{H8598}, even all the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704}, are withered{H3001}{(H8804)}: because joy{H8342} is withered away{H3001}{(H8689)} from the sons{H1121} of men{H120}.
Joel 1:13
Gird{H2296}{(H8798)} yourselves, and lament{H5594}{(H8798)}, ye priests{H3548}: howl{H3213}{(H8685)}, ye ministers{H8334}{(H8764)} of the altar{H4196}: come{H935}{(H8798)}, lie all night{H3885}{(H8798)} in sackcloth{H8242}, ye ministers{H8334}{(H8764)} of my God{H430}: for the meat offering{H4503} and the drink offering{H5262} is withholden{H4513}{(H8738)} from the house{H1004} of your God{H430}.
Joel 1:14
Sanctify{H6942}{(H8761)} ye a fast{H6685}, call{H7121}{(H8798)} a solemn assembly{H6116}, gather{H622}{(H8798)} the elders{H2205} and all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and cry{H2199}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068},
Joel 1:15
Alas{H162} for the day{H3117}! for the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} is at hand{H7138}, and as a destruction{H7701} from the Almighty{H7706} shall it come{H935}{(H8799)}.
Joel 1:16
Is not the meat{H400} cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} before our eyes{H5869}, yea, joy{H8057} and gladness{H1524} from the house{H1004} of our God{H430}?
Joel 1:17
The seed{H6507} is rotten{H5685}{(H8804)} under their clods{H4053}, the garners{H214} are laid desolate{H8074}{(H8738)}, the barns{H4460} are broken down{H2040}{(H8738)}; for the corn{H1715} is withered{H3001}{(H8689)}.
Joel 1:18
How do the beasts{H929} groan{H584}{(H8737)}! the herds{H5739} of cattle{H1241} are perplexed{H943}{(H8738)}, because they have no pasture{H4829}; yea, the flocks{H5739} of sheep{H6629} are made desolate{H816}{(H8738)}.
Joel 1:19
O LORD{H3068}, to thee will I cry{H7121}{(H8799)}: for the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057}, and the flame{H3852} hath burned{H3857}{(H8765)} all the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704}.
Joel 1:20
The beasts{H929} of the field{H7704} cry{H6165}{(H8799)} also unto thee: for the rivers{H650} of waters{H4325} are dried up{H3001}{(H8804)}, and the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057}.