The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} that came to Joel{H3100} the son{H1121} of Pethuel.{H6602}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

Lament{H421} like a virgin{H1330} girded{H2296} with sackcloth{H8242} for the husband{H1167} of her youth.{H5271}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}