Joel 1

1 ♥ 📝 T he word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 that came to Joel^H3100 the son^H1121 of Pethuel.^H6602

2 ♥ 📝 Hear^H8085 this, ye old men,^H2205 and give ear,^H238 all ye inhabitants^H3427 of the land.^H776 Hath this been in your days,^H3117 or in^H518 the days^H3117 of your fathers?^H1

3 ♥ 📝 Tell^H5608 ye your children^H1121 of it, and [let] your children^H1121 [tell] their children,^H1121 and their children^H1121 another^H312 generation.^H1755

4 ♥ 📝 That which the palmer-worm^H1501 hath left^H3499 hath the locust^H697 eaten;^H398 and that which the locust^H697 hath left^H3499 hath the canker-worm^H3218 eaten;^H398 and that which the canker-worm^H3218 hath left^H3499 hath the caterpillar^H2625 eaten.^H398

5 ♥ 📝 Awake,^H6974 ye drunkards,^H7910 and weep;^H1058 and wail,^H3213 all ye drinkers^H8354 of wine,^H3196 because of the sweet wine;^H6071 for it is cut off^H3772 from your mouth.^H6310

6 ♥ 📝 For a nation^H1471 is come up^H5927 upon my land,^H776 strong,^H6099 and without number;^H4557 his teeth^H8127 are the teeth^H8127 of a lion,^H738 and he hath the jaw-teeth^H4973 of a lioness.^H3833

7 ♥ 📝 He hath laid^H7760 my vine^H1612 waste,^H8047 and barked^H7111 my fig-tree:^H8384 he hath made it clean^H2834 bare,^H2834 and cast it away;^H7993 the branches^H8299 thereof are made white.^H3835

8 ♥ 📝 Lament^H421 like a virgin^H1330 girded^H2296 with sackcloth^H8242 for the husband^H1167 of her youth.^H5271

9 ♥ 📝 The meal-offering^H4503 and the drink-offering^H5262 are cut off^H3772 from the house^H1004 of Jehovah;^H3068 the priests,^H3548 Jehovah's^H3068 ministers,^H8334 mourn.^H56

10 ♥ 📝 The field^H7704 is laid waste,^H7703 the land^H127 mourneth;^H56 for the grain^H1715 is destroyed,^H7703 the new wine^H8492 is dried up,^H3001 the oil^H3323 languisheth.^H535

11 ♥ 📝 Be confounded,^H3001 O ye husbandmen,^H406 wail,^H3213 O ye vinedressers,^H3755 for the wheat^H2406 and for the barley;^H8184 for the harvest^H7105 of the field^H7704 is perished.^H6

12 ♥ 📝 The vine^H1612 is withered,^H3001 and the fig-tree^H8558 languisheth;^H535 the pomegranate-tree,^H8384 the palm-tree^H8598 also, and the apple-tree,^H8598 even all the trees^H8558 of the field^H7704 are withered:^H3001 for joy^H8342 is withered away^H3001 from the sons^H1121 of men.^H120

13 ♥ 📝 Gird^H2296 yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament,^H5594 ye priests;^H3548 wail,^H3213 ye ministers^H8334 of the altar;^H4196 come,^H935 lie all night^H3885 in sackcloth,^H8242 ye ministers^H8334 of my God:^H430 for the meal-offering^H4503 and the drink-offering^H5262 are withholden^H4513 from the house^H1004 of your God.^H430

14 ♥ 📝 Sanctify^H6942 a fast,^H6685 call^H7121 a solemn assembly,^H6116 gather^H622 the old men^H2205 [and] all the inhabitants^H3427 of the land^H776 unto the house^H1004 of Jehovah^H3068 your God,^H430 and cry^H2199 unto Jehovah.^H3068

15 ♥ 📝 Alas^H162 for the day!^H3117 for the day^H3117 of Jehovah^H3068 is at hand,^H7138 and as destruction^H7701 from the Almighty^H7706 shall it come.^H935

16 ♥ 📝 Is not the food^H400 cut off^H3772 before our eyes,^H5869 [yea], joy^H8057 and gladness^H1524 from the house^H1004 of our God?^H430

17 ♥ 📝 The seeds^H6507 rot^H5685 under their clods;^H4053 the garners^H214 are laid desolate,^H8074 the barns^H4460 are broken down;^H2040 for the grain^H1715 is withered.^H3001

18 ♥ 📝 How do the beasts^H929 groan!^H584 the herds^H5739 of cattle^H1241 are perplexed,^H943 because they have no pasture;^H4829 yea, the flocks^H5739 of sheep^H6629 are made desolate.^H816

19 ♥ 📝 O Jehovah,^H3068 to thee do I cry;^H7121 for the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398 the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness,^H4057 and the flame^H3852 hath burned^H3857 all the trees^H6086 of the field.^H7704

20 ♥ 📝 Yea, the beasts^H929 of the field^H7704 pant^H6165 unto thee; for the water^H4325 brooks^H650 are dried up,^H3001 and the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398 the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness.^H4057