Joel 1

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1: The wordH1697 of YahwehH3068 thatH0834 cameH1961 toH0413 JoelH3100 sonH1121 of Pethuel.H6602

2: HearH8085 this,H2063 you elders,H2205 and give ear,H0238 allH3605 you inhabitantsH3427 of the land.H0776 Has [anything] happenedH1961 [like] thisH2063 in your days,H3117 Or evenH0518 in the daysH3117 of your fathers?H0001

3: about itH5921 your childrenH1121 TellH5608 and [let] your children [tell]H1121 their children,H1121 and their childrenH1121 generationH1755 another.H0312

4: What leftH3499 the chewing locustH1501 has eaten-H0398 the swarming locustH0697 and what leftH3499 the swarming locustH0697 has eaten-H0398 the crawling locustH3218 and what leftH3499 the crawling locustH3218 has eatenH0398 the consuming locust.H2625

5: Awake,H6974 you drunkards,H7910 and weep-H1058 and wail,H3213 allH3605 you drinkersH8354 of wine,H3196 becauseH5921 of the new wine-H6071 forH3588 it has been cut offH3772 from your mouth.H6310

6: ForH3588 a nationH1471 has come upH5927 againstH5921 My land,H0776 Strong,H6099 and withoutH0369 number,H4557 His teeth [are]H8127 the teethH8127 of a lion,H0738 and the fangsH4973 of a fierce lionH3833

7: He has laidH7760 My vineH1612 waste,H8047 and My fig tree-H8384 ruinedH7111 bareH2834 He has stripped it,H2834 and thrown [it] away-H7993 are made whiteH3835 Its branches.H8299

8: LamentH0421 like a virginH1330 girded withH2296 sackclothH8242 forH5921 the husbandH1167 of her youth.H5271

9: Have been cut offH3772 the grain offeringH4503 and the drink offeringH5262 from the houseH1004 of Yahweh-H3068 mourn.H0056 The priests,H3548 who minister to,H8334 Yahweh.H3068

10: Is wasted,H7703 the fieldH7704 mourns-H0056 the landH0127 forH3588 is ruined,H7703 the grainH1715 is dried up,H3001 the new wineH8492 failsH0536 the oil.H3323

11: Be ashamed,H0954 you plowmen-H0406 Wail,H3213 you vinedressers,H3755 forH5921 the wheatH2406 andH5921 the barley-H8184 becauseH3588 has perishedH0006 the harvestH7105 of the field.H7704

12: The vineH1612 has dried up,H3001 and the fig treeH8384 has withered-H0535 the pomegranate tree,H7416 also,H1571 the palm treeH8558 and the apple tree,H8598 allH3605 the treesH6086 of the field,H7704 are withered-H3001 surelyH3588 has withered awayH3001 joyH8342 fromH4480 the sonsH1121 of men.H0120

13: Gird yourselvesH2296 and lament,H5594 you priests-H3548 Wail,H3213 you who minister beforeH8334 the altar!H4196 come,H0935 lie all nightH3885 in sackcloth,H8242 You who minister toH8334 my God,H0430 forH3588 Are withheldH4513 from the houseH1004 of your GodH0430 the grain offeringH4503 and the drink offering.H5262

14: ConsecrateH6942 a fast,H6685 CallH7121 a sacred assembly,H6116 GatherH0622 the eldersH2205 [And] allH3605 the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH0776 [Into] the houseH1004 of YahwehH3068 your God,H0430 and cry outH2199 toH0413 Yahweh,H3068

15: AlasH0162 for the day!H3117 forH3588 [is] at hand,H7138 the dayH3117 of YahwehH3068 and as destructionH7701 from the AlmightyH7706 it shall come.H0935

16: Is notH3808 beforeH5048 our eyes,H5869 the foodH0400 cut offH3772 from the houseH1004 of our God?H0430 JoyH8057 and gladness.H1524

17: ShrivelsH5685 the seedH6507 underH8478 the clods,H4053 are in shambles,H8074 StorehousesH0214 are broken down-H2040 BarnsH4460 forH3588 has witheredH3001 the grain.H1715

18: HowH4100 groan!H0584 the animalsH0929 are restless,H0943 the herdsH5739 of cattleH1241 becauseH3588 [there is] noH0369 pasture-H4829 for themH1992 Even,H1571 the flocksH5739 of sheepH6629 suffer punishment.H0816

19: To YouH0413 Yahweh,H3068 I cry out-H7121 forH3588 fireH0784 has devouredH0398 the pasturesH4999 open,H4057 and a flameH3852 has burnedH3857 allH3605 the treesH6086 of the field.H7704

20: AlsoH1571 the beastsH0929 of the fieldH7704 cry outH6165 to YouH0413 forH3588 are dried up,H3001 the brooksH0650 waterH4325 and fireH0784 has devouredH0398 pasturesH4999 the open.H4057