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Joel 1

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ The word of the LORD that came ⓐ to Joel son of Pethuel:

² Hear this, ⓑ you elders; listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days ⓒ or in the days of your ancestors?

³ Tell your children about it, ⓓ and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation.

⁴ What the devouring locust ⓔ has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust ⓕ has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust ⓖ has eaten.

⁵ Wake up, you drunkards, ⓗ and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth.

⁶ For a nation has invaded My land, ⓘ powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness. ⓙ

⁷ It has devastated My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white.

⁸ Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, ⓚ mourning for the husband of her youth.

⁹ Grain and drink offerings have been cut off ⓛ from the house of the LORD; the priests, who are ministers of the LORD, mourn. ⓜ

¹⁰ The fields are destroyed; ⓝ the land grieves; indeed, the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up; ⓞ and the olive oil fails. ⓟ

¹¹ Be ashamed, you farmers, ⓠ wail, you vinedressers, [1] over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. ⓡ

¹² The grapevine is dried up, ⓢ and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, ⓣ the date palm, ⓤ and the apple ⓥ — all the trees of the orchard — have withered. Indeed, human joy has dried up. ⓦ

¹³ Dress in sackcloth and lament, ⓧ you priests; ⓨ wail, ⓩ you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, ⓐ you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

¹⁴ Announce a sacred fast; ⓑ proclaim an assembly! Gather the elders ⓒ and all the residents of the land at the house of the LORD your God, ⓓ and cry out to the LORD. ⓔ

¹⁵ Woe because of that day! ⓕ For the Day of the LORD is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty. ⓖ

¹⁶ Hasn’t the food been cut off before our eyes, ⓗ joy and gladness ⓘ from the house of our God?

¹⁷ The seeds lie shriveled in their casings. [2] ⓙ The storehouses are in ruin, and the granaries are broken down, because the grain has withered away.

¹⁸ How the animals groan! ⓚ The herds of cattle wander in confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.

¹⁹ I call to You, LORD, ⓛ for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, ⓜ and flames have devoured all the trees of the countryside.

²⁰ Even the wild animals cry out to [3] You, ⓝ for the river beds are dried up, ⓞ and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.

#	HCSB
1	The word of the LORD that came ⓐ to Joel son of Pethuel:
2	Hear this, ⓑ you elders; listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days ⓒ or in the days of your ancestors?
3	Tell your children about it, ⓓ and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation.
4	What the devouring locust ⓔ has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust ⓕ has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust ⓖ has eaten.
5	Wake up, you drunkards, ⓗ and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth.
6	For a nation has invaded My land, ⓘ powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness. ⓙ
7	It has devastated My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white.
8	Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, ⓚ mourning for the husband of her youth.
9	Grain and drink offerings have been cut off ⓛ from the house of the LORD; the priests, who are ministers of the LORD, mourn. ⓜ
10	The fields are destroyed; ⓝ the land grieves; indeed, the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up; ⓞ and the olive oil fails. ⓟ
11	Be ashamed, you farmers, ⓠ wail, you vinedressers, [1] over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. ⓡ
12	The grapevine is dried up, ⓢ and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, ⓣ the date palm, ⓤ and the apple ⓥ — all the trees of the orchard — have withered. Indeed, human joy has dried up. ⓦ
13	Dress in sackcloth and lament, ⓧ you priests; ⓨ wail, ⓩ you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, ⓐ you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
14	Announce a sacred fast; ⓑ proclaim an assembly! Gather the elders ⓒ and all the residents of the land at the house of the LORD your God, ⓓ and cry out to the LORD. ⓔ
15	Woe because of that day! ⓕ For the Day of the LORD is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty. ⓖ
16	Hasn’t the food been cut off before our eyes, ⓗ joy and gladness ⓘ from the house of our God?
17	The seeds lie shriveled in their casings. [2] ⓙ The storehouses are in ruin, and the granaries are broken down, because the grain has withered away.
18	How the animals groan! ⓚ The herds of cattle wander in confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
19	I call to You, LORD, ⓛ for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, ⓜ and flames have devoured all the trees of the countryside.
20	Even the wild animals cry out to [3] You, ⓝ for the river beds are dried up, ⓞ and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.

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^{Joel 1:4 [1]} The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.

^{Joel 1:12 [2]} Or possibly apricot

^{Joel 1:15 [3]} Hebrew Shaddai

^{Joel 1:17 [4]} The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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