Dual Panel1The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came to Joel <03100> the son <01121> of Pethuel <06602>_.
2Hear <08085> (8798) this, ye old men <02205>_, and give ear <0238> (8685)_, all ye inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>_. Hath this been in your days <03117>_, or even <0518> in the days <03117> of your fathers <01>_?
3Tell <05608> (8761) ye your children <01121> of it, and [let] your children <01121> [tell] their children <01121>_, and their children <01121> another <0312> generation <01755>_.
4That which the palmerworm <01501> hath left <03499> hath the locust <0697> eaten <0398> (8804)_; and that which the locust <0697> hath left <03499> hath the cankerworm <03218> eaten <0398> (8804)_; and that which the cankerworm <03218> hath left <03499> hath the caterpiller <02625> eaten <0398> (8804)_. {That which the palmerworm...: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm}
5Awake <06974> (8685)_, ye drunkards <07910>_, and weep <01058> (8798)_; and howl <03213> (8685)_, all ye drinkers <08354> (8802) of wine <03196>_, because of the new wine <06071>_; for it is cut off <03772> (8738) from your mouth <06310>_.
6For a nation <01471> is come up <05927> (8804) upon my land <0776>_, strong <06099>_, and without number <04557>_, whose teeth <08127> [are] the teeth <08127> of a lion <0738>_, and he hath the cheek teeth <04973> of a great lion <03833>_.
7He hath laid <07760> (8804) my vine <01612> waste <08047>_, and barked <07111> my fig tree <08384>_: he hath made it clean <02834> (8800) bare <02834> (8804)_, and cast [it] away <07993> (8689)_; the branches <08299> thereof are made white <03835> (8689)_. {barked...: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking}
8Lament <0421> (8798) like a virgin <01330> girded <02296> (8803) with sackcloth <08242> for the husband <01167> of her youth <05271>_.
9The meat offering <04503> and the drink offering <05262> is cut off <03772> (8717) from the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_; the priests <03548>_, the LORD'S <03068> ministers <08334> (8764)_, mourn <056> (8804)_.
10The field <07704> is wasted <07703> (8795)_, the land <0127> mourneth <056> (8804)_; for the corn <01715> is wasted <07703> (8795)_: the new wine <08492> is dried up <03001> (8689)_, the oil <03323> languisheth <0535> (8797)_.
11Be ye ashamed <03001> (8685)_, O ye husbandmen <0406>_; howl <03213> (8685)_, O ye vinedressers <03755>_, for the wheat <02406> and for the barley <08184>_; because the harvest <07105> of the field <07704> is perished <06> (8804)_.
12The vine <01612> is dried up <03001> (8689)_, and the fig tree <08384> languisheth <0535> (8797)_; the pomegranate <07416> tree, the palm tree <08558> also, and the apple tree <08598>_, [even] all the trees <06086> of the field <07704>_, are withered <03001> (8804)_: because joy <08342> is withered away <03001> (8689) from the sons <01121> of men <0120>_.
13Gird <02296> (8798) yourselves, and lament <05594> (8798)_, ye priests <03548>_: howl <03213> (8685)_, ye ministers <08334> (8764) of the altar <04196>_: come <0935> (8798)_, lie all night <03885> (8798) in sackcloth <08242>_, ye ministers <08334> (8764) of my God <0430>_: for the meat offering <04503> and the drink offering <05262> is withholden <04513> (8738) from the house <01004> of your God <0430>_.
14Sanctify <06942> (8761) ye a fast <06685>_, call <07121> (8798) a solemn assembly <06116>_, gather <0622> (8798) the elders <02205> [and] all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776> [into] the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> your God <0430>_, and cry <02199> (8798) unto the LORD <03068>_, {solemn...: or, day of restraint}
15Alas <0162> for the day <03117>_! for the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] at hand <07138>_, and as a destruction <07701> from the Almighty <07706> shall it come <0935> (8799)_.
16Is not the meat <0400> cut off <03772> (8738) before our eyes <05869>_, [yea], joy <08057> and gladness <01524> from the house <01004> of our God <0430>_?
17The seed <06507> is rotten <05685> (8804) under their clods <04053>_, the garners <0214> are laid desolate <08074> (8738)_, the barns <04460> are broken down <02040> (8738)_; for the corn <01715> is withered <03001> (8689)_. {seed: Heb. grains}
18How do the beasts <0929> groan <0584> (8737)_! the herds <05739> of cattle <01241> are perplexed <0943> (8738)_, because they have no pasture <04829>_; yea, the flocks <05739> of sheep <06629> are made desolate <0816> (8738)_.
19O LORD <03068>_, to thee will I cry <07121> (8799)_: for the fire <0784> hath devoured <0398> (8804) the pastures <04999> of the wilderness <04057>_, and the flame <03852> hath burned <03857> (8765) all the trees <06086> of the field <07704>_. {pastures: or, habitations}
20The beasts <0929> of the field <07704> cry <06165> (8799) also unto thee: for the rivers <0650> of waters <04325> are dried up <03001> (8804)_, and the fire <0784> hath devoured <0398> (8804) the pastures <04999> of the wilderness <04057>_.