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The LORD gave this message to Joel son of Pethuel.
Mourning over the Locust Plague
Mourning over the Locust Plague
The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
Hear this, you leaders of the people.
Listen, all who live in the land.
In all your history,
has anything like this happened before?
Listen, all who live in the land.
In all your history,
has anything like this happened before?
An Invasion of Locusts
Hear this, you elders;
give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
Hear this, you elders;
give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
Tell your children about it in the years to come,
and let your children tell their children.
Pass the story down from generation to generation.
and let your children tell their children.
Pass the story down from generation to generation.
Tell your children of it,
and let your children tell their children,
and their children to another generation.
and let your children tell their children,
and their children to another generation.
What the cutting locust left,
the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
the destroying locust has eaten.
the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
the destroying locust has eaten.
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you wine-drinkers!
All the grapes are ruined,
and all your sweet wine is gone.
Wail, all you wine-drinkers!
All the grapes are ruined,
and all your sweet wine is gone.
Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
and wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
and wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
For a nation has come up against my land,
powerful and beyond number;
its teeth are lions’ teeth,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
powerful and beyond number;
its teeth are lions’ teeth,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
It has destroyed my grapevines
and ruined my fig trees,
stripping their bark and destroying it,
leaving the branches white and bare.
and ruined my fig trees,
stripping their bark and destroying it,
leaving the branches white and bare.
It has laid waste my vine
and splintered my fig tree;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
their branches are made white.
and splintered my fig tree;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
their branches are made white.
Weep like a bride dressed in black,
mourning the death of her husband.
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.
to offer at the Temple of the LORD.
So the priests are in mourning.
The ministers of the LORD are weeping.
The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
from the house of the Lord.
The priests mourn,
the ministers of the Lord.
from the house of the Lord.
The priests mourn,
the ministers of the Lord.
The fields are ruined,
the land is stripped bare.
The grain is destroyed,
the grapes have shriveled,
and the olive oil is gone.
the land is stripped bare.
The grain is destroyed,
the grapes have shriveled,
and the olive oil is gone.
The fields are destroyed,
the ground mourns,
because the grain is destroyed,
the wine dries up,
the oil languishes.
the ground mourns,
because the grain is destroyed,
the wine dries up,
the oil languishes.
Despair, all you farmers!
Wail, all you vine growers!
Weep, because the wheat and barley —
all the crops of the field — are ruined.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Call to Repentance
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.
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.
Announce a time of fasting;
call the people together for a solemn meeting.
Bring the leaders
and all the people of the land
into the Temple of the LORD your God,
and cry out to him there.
call the people together for a solemn meeting.
Bring the leaders
and all the people of the land
into the Temple of the LORD your God,
and cry out to him there.
Consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders
and all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders
and all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
The day of the LORD is near,
the day when destruction comes from the Almighty.
How terrible that day will be!
the day when destruction comes from the Almighty.
How terrible that day will be!
Our food disappears before our very eyes.
No joyful celebrations are held in the house of our God.
No joyful celebrations are held in the house of our God.
Is not the food cut off
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
The seeds die in the parched ground,
and the grain crops fail.
The barns stand empty,
and granaries are abandoned.
and the grain crops fail.
The barns stand empty,
and granaries are abandoned.
How the animals moan with hunger!
The herds of cattle wander about confused,
because they have no pasture.
The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.
The herds of cattle wander about confused,
because they have no pasture.
The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.
LORD, help us!
The fire has consumed the wilderness pastures,
and flames have burned up all the trees.
The fire has consumed the wilderness pastures,
and flames have burned up all the trees.
To you, O Lord, I call.
For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.
For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.