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2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.1" class="v29_1_1">1</span>I am Joel the son of Pethuel.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_1">And this is the message</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_1">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> gave to me.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Locusts Cover the Land</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.2" class="v29_1_2">2</span>Listen, you leaders</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_2">and everyone else</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_2">in the land.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_2">Has anything like this</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_2">ever happened before?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.3" class="v29_1_3">3</span>Tell our children!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_3">Let it be told</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_3">to our grandchildren</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_3">and their children too.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.4" class="v29_1_4">4</span>Swarm after swarm of locusts<a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_4">has attacked our crops,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_4">eating everything in sight.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.5" class="v29_1_5">5</span>Sober up, you drunkards!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_5">Cry long and loud;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_5">your wine supply is gone.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.6" class="v29_1_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> A powerful nation<a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_6">with countless troops</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_6">has invaded our land.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_6">They have the teeth and jaws</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_6">of powerful lions.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.7" class="v29_1_7">7</span>Our grapevines and fig trees</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_7">are stripped bare;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_7">only naked branches remain.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.8" class="v29_1_8">8</span>Grieve like a young woman</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_8">mourning for the man</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_8">she was to marry.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.9" class="v29_1_9">9</span>Offerings of grain and wine</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_9">are no longer brought</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_9">to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s temple.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_9">His servants, the priests,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_9">are deep in sorrow.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.10" class="v29_1_10">10</span>Barren fields mourn;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_10">grain, grapes, and olives</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_10">are scorched and shriveled.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.11" class="v29_1_11">11</span>Mourn for our farms</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_11">and our vineyards!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_11">There's no wheat or barley</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_11">growing in our fields.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.12" class="v29_1_12">12</span>Grapevines have dried up</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_12">and so has every tree—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_12">figs and pomegranates,<a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_12">date palms and apples.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_12">All happiness has faded away.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Return to God</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.13" class="v29_1_13">13</span>Mourn, you priests who serve</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_13">at the altar of my God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_13">Spend your days and nights</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_13">wearing sackcloth.<a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_13">Offerings of grain and wine</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_13">are no longer brought</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_13">to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s temple.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.14" class="v29_1_14">14</span>Tell the leaders and people</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_14">to come together</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_14">at the temple.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_14">Order them to go without eating<a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_14">and to pray sincerely.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.15" class="v29_1_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We are in for trouble!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_15">Soon the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_15">will bring disaster.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.16" class="v29_1_16">16</span>Our food is already gone;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_16">there's no more celebrating</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_16">at the temple of our God.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.17" class="v29_1_17">17</span>Seeds dry up in the ground;<a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_17">no harvest is possible.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_17">Our barns are in bad shape,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_17">with no grain</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_17">to store in them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.18" class="v29_1_18">18</span>Our cattle wander aimlessly,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_18">moaning for lack of pasture,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_18">and sheep are suffering.<a href="#fn" id="link_Joel.1.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.19" class="v29_1_19">19</span>I cry out to you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_19">Grasslands and forests are eaten</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_19">by the scorching heat.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Joel.1.20" class="v29_1_20">20</span>Wild animals have no water</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_20">because of you;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v29_1_20">rivers and streams are dry,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v29_1_20">and pastures are parched.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Swarm … locusts: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text lists either four kinds of locusts or locusts in four stages of their development. Locusts are a type of grasshopper that comes in swarms and causes great damage to plant life.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">A powerful nation: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The swarms of locusts.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">pomegranates: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A bright red fruit that looks like an apple.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sackcloth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. It was worn in times of trouble or sorrow.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">go without eating: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">As a way of showing sorrow for their sins.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Seeds … ground: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sheep are suffering: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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