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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joel 1 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joel/1.htm" 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Invasion of Locusts</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear this, you elders;</span><br /><span class="indent">give ear, all inhabitants of the land!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Has such a thing happened in your days,</span><br /><span class="indent">or in the days of your fathers?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Tell your children of it,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let your children tell their children,</span><br /><span class="indent">and their children to another generation.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">What the cutting locust left,</span><br /><span class="indent">the swarming locust has eaten.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">What the swarming locust left,</span><br /><span class="indent">the hopping locust has eaten,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and what the hopping locust left,</span><br /><span class="indent">the destroying locust has eaten.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Awake, you drunkards, and weep,</span><br /><span class="indent">and wail, all you drinkers of wine,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">because of the sweet wine,</span><br /><span class="indent">for it is cut off from your mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For a nation has come up against my land,</span><br /><span class="indent">powerful and beyond number;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">its teeth are lions’ teeth,</span><br /><span class="indent">and it has the fangs of a lioness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">It has laid waste my vine</span><br /><span class="indent">and splintered my fig tree;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;</span><br /><span class="indent">their branches are made white.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Lament like a virgin<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or young woman">a</a></sup></span> wearing sackcloth</span><br /><span class="indent">for the bridegroom of her youth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off</span><br /><span class="indent">from the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">The priests mourn,</span><br /><span class="indent">the ministers of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The fields are destroyed,</span><br /><span class="indent">the ground mourns,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">because the grain is destroyed,</span><br /><span class="indent">the wine dries up,</span><br /><span class="indent">the oil languishes.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be ashamed,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew words for dry up and be ashamed in verses 10-12, 17 sound alike">b</a></sup></span> O tillers of the soil;</span><br /><span class="indent">wail, O vinedressers,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for the wheat and the barley,</span><br /><span class="indent">because the harvest of the field has perished.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The vine dries up;</span><br /><span class="indent">the fig tree languishes.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Pomegranate, palm, and apple,</span><br /><span class="indent">all the trees of the field are dried up,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and gladness dries up</span><br /><span class="indent">from the children of man.</span></p> <p class="heading">A Call to Repentance</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;</span><br /><span class="indent">wail, O ministers of the altar.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,</span><br /><span class="indent">O ministers of my God!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Because grain offering and drink offering</span><br /><span class="indent">are withheld from the house of your God.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Consecrate a fast;</span><br /><span class="indent">call a solemn assembly.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Gather the elders</span><br /><span class="indent">and all the inhabitants of the land</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God,</span><br /><span class="indent">and cry out to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Alas for the day!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For the day of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is near,</span><br /><span class="indent">and as destruction from the Almighty<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty">c</a></sup></span> it comes.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Is not the food cut off</span><br /><span class="indent">before our eyes,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">joy and gladness</span><br /><span class="indent">from the house of our God?</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The seed shrivels under the clods;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain">d</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">the storehouses are desolate;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">the granaries are torn down</span><br /><span class="indent">because the grain has dried up.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">How the beasts groan!</span><br /><span class="indent">The herds of cattle are perplexed</span><br /><span class="ln-group">because there is no pasture for them;</span><br /><span class="indent">even the flocks of sheep suffer.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or are made desolate">e</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">To you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I call.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For fire has devoured</span><br /><span class="indent">the pastures of the wilderness,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and flame has burned</span><br /><span class="indent">all the trees of the field.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Even the beasts of the field pant for you</span><br /><span class="indent">because the water brooks are dried up,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and fire has devoured</span><br /><span class="indent">the pastures of the wilderness.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>young woman</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> The Hebrew words for <i class="catch-word">dry up</i> and <i class="catch-word">be ashamed</i> in verses 10 - 12, 17 sound alike<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <i class="catch-word">Destruction</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i class="catch-word">Almighty</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>are made desolate</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text 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