ASV_Strong : Joel 1
1. The word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] that came to Joel[H3100] the son[H1121] of Pethuel[H6602].
2. Hear[H8085] this[H2205], ye old men, 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[H1121], and let your children 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[H3068]'s 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[H8598], and the apple-tree, 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[H5594], and lament, 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[H8057], joy 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[H5739], the flocks 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[H929], the beasts of the field[H7704] pant[H6165] unto thee[H4325]; for the water brooks[H650] are dried up[H3001], and the fire[H784] hath devoured[H398] the pastures[H4999] of the wilderness[H4057].
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