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Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joel/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine-drinkers! All the grapes are ruined, and all your sweet wine is gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joel/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Awake, you drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you drinkers of wine, Because of the new wine, For it has been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Awake, you heavy drinkers, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, Because of the sweet wine, For it has been eliminated from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joel/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Awake [from your intoxication], you drunkards, and weep; Wail, all you drinkers of wine, Because of the [fresh] sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Sober up, you drunkards! Cry long and loud; your wine supply is gone. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Wake up and cry, you drunks! Cry loudly, you wine drinkers! New wine has been taken away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Wake up and weep, you drunkards; cry, you wine-drinkers; the grapes for making new wine have been destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Wake up, you drunkards! Cry aloud and howl, you wine drinkers, because your supply of new wine has been snatched from you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep. Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joel/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Awake, you drunkards, and weep, "" And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, "" For it has been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Awake, ye intoxicated, and weep; and wail, all ye drinking wine, on account of the new wine, for it was cut off from your mouth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep, and mourn all ye that take delight in drinking sweet wine: for it is cut off from your mouth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Rouse yourselves, you drunkards, and weep and wail, all you who delight in drinking wine; for it has been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joel/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, Over the new wine, taken away from your mouths. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joel/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you wine-drinkers, over the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Awake, O you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Wake up drunkards, and weep and wail all drinkers of wine, because of the wine, because it has passed from your mouth!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And wail, all ye drinkers of wine, Because of the sweet wine, For it is cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Awake, ye drunkards, from your wine, and weep: mourn, all ye that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness and removed are from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joel/1-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=39" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">The Invasion of Locusts</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>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. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6974.htm" title="6974: hā·qî·ṣū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- Arise, be awake, watch. A primitive root (compare yaqats); to awake.">Wake up,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7910.htm" title="7910: šik·kō·w·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Drunken. Or shikkor; from shakar; intoxicated, as a state or a habit.">you drunkards,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1058.htm" title="1058: ū·ḇə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To weep, bewail. A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.">and weep;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3213.htm" title="3213: wə·hê·li·lū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To howl, make a howling. A primitive root; to howl or yell.">wail,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: šō·ṯê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">you drinkers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: yā·yin (N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">of wine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/6071.htm" title="6071: ‘ā·sîs (N-ms) -- Sweet wine. From acac; must or fresh grape-juice.">the sweet wine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: niḵ·raṯ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">it has been cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: mip·pî·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">from your mouth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Isaiah 24:7-11</a></span><br />The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. / The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. / They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></span><br />“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-10.htm">Isaiah 32:10-12</a></span><br />In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive. / Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. / Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm">Jeremiah 25:30-31</a></span><br />So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. / The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a></span><br />Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11-12</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. / At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11-12</a></span><br />My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. / They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Isaiah 28:1-3</a></span><br />Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine. / Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground. / The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/30-2.htm">Ezekiel 30:2-3</a></span><br />“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’ / For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:6-7</a></span><br />So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. / For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-49.htm">Matthew 24:49</a></span><br />And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-7.htm">1 Peter 4:7</a></span><br />The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.</p><p class="hdg">Awake.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Isaiah 24:7-11</a></b></br> The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/6-3.htm">Amos 6:3-7</a></b></br> Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34-36</a></b></br> And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and <i>so</i> that day come upon you unawares… </p><p class="hdg">weep.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Joel 1:11,13</a></b></br> Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8</a></b></br> For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/30-2.htm">Ezekiel 30:2</a></b></br> Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!</p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/32-10.htm">Isaiah 32:10-12</a></b></br> Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19,23-25</a></b></br> There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Account</a> <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-9.htm">Drinkers</a> <a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Drunkards</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">Juice</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/hosea/9-2.htm">New</a> <a href="/daniel/11-41.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-14.htm">Snatched</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/8-8.htm">Account</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-20.htm">Drinkers</a> <a href="/amos/2-8.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Drunkards</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/numbers/6-3.htm">Juice</a> <a href="/micah/3-7.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">New</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-7.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Snatched</a> <a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/joel/2-17.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-1.htm">Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-8.htm">and to mourn.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-14.htm">He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "drunkards" symbolizes those who are spiritually complacent or indulgent in sinful behaviors. In the biblical context, drunkenness often represents a lack of spiritual vigilance (<a href="/isaiah/28.htm">Isaiah 28:1-3</a>). The call to "weep" signifies the need for genuine sorrow and repentance for one's sins, aligning with the prophetic tradition of calling Israel back to faithfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8</a>).<p><b>wail, all you drinkers of wine,</b><br>"Wail" intensifies the call to repentance, indicating a deep, emotional response to impending judgment. The "drinkers of wine" can be seen as those who indulge in excess and are oblivious to the spiritual realities around them. Wine, a common symbol of joy and celebration in the Bible (<a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Psalm 104:15</a>), here becomes a symbol of judgment and loss, as the abundance they rely on is threatened.<p><b>because of the sweet wine,</b><br>"Sweet wine" refers to the abundance and prosperity that Israel enjoyed, which is now at risk. In ancient Israel, wine was a staple of daily life and a sign of God's blessing (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Deuteronomy 7:13</a>). The loss of "sweet wine" symbolizes the removal of God's favor and the onset of divine judgment due to the people's unfaithfulness.<p><b>for it has been cut off from your mouth.</b><br>This phrase indicates a sudden and complete cessation of the blessings once enjoyed. The imagery of being "cut off" suggests a decisive action by God, reflecting the covenantal consequences of Israel's disobedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-39.htm">Deuteronomy 28:39</a>). It serves as a warning of the severe impact of sin and the urgent need for repentance. The cutting off also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and restoration themes found in the prophetic literature, pointing to the need for a savior, fulfilled in Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1-6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/drunkards.htm">Drunkards</a></b><br>This term refers to those who indulge excessively in wine, symbolizing a state of spiritual complacency and moral decay.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/wine_drinkers.htm">Wine Drinkers</a></b><br>These individuals represent those who partake in the pleasures of life without regard for spiritual matters.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sweet_wine.htm">Sweet Wine</a></b><br>Symbolizes the abundance and blessings that have been taken away due to the people's disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_joel.htm">Prophet Joel</a></b><br>The author of the book, who delivers God's message of warning and calls for repentance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Joel's prophecy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_awakening.htm">Spiritual Awakening</a></b><br>Joel's call to "wake up" is a reminder for believers to be vigilant and aware of their spiritual state. Complacency can lead to moral and spiritual decay.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The removal of "sweet wine" signifies the loss of blessings due to disobedience. Sin has tangible consequences that affect our lives and relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The weeping and wailing are expressions of genuine repentance. Believers are encouraged to turn back to God with sincere hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sobriety_and_self-control.htm">Sobriety and Self-Control</a></b><br>The admonition against drunkenness serves as a broader call for self-control and living a life that honors God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The loss of wine symbolizes the need to rely on God rather than earthly pleasures for fulfillment and joy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_joel_1_5's_call_to_drunkards_unique.htm">Does Joel 1:5’s emphasis on drunkards mourning align with other biblical calls to repentance, or is this focus unique and contradictory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_teen_drinking.htm">What does the Bible say about underage drinking?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_moderate_wine_use_contradictory.htm">Proverbs 23:20-21 warns against drunkenness, yet other Scriptures permit moderate wine consumption; is this contradictory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_first_gospel_written.htm">Was Jesus considered a Nazirite?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Awake, ye drunkards--</span><span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> awake from such an insensibility as wine causes. The people failed to see the hand of God in the terrible calamity, like an acted parable, of the locusts. Insensate, as the revellers in the halls of Belshazzar, they carried on their feasting even while the enemies were at the city gates.<p><span class= "bld">It is cut off from your mouth.</span>--Either joy and gladness, as given in the LXX., or the means of indulgence have been suddenly taken away.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - Three classes are called on to lament - the winebibbers, the husbandmen, and the priests. The verses before us (vers. 5-7) contain the prophet's appeal to the drunkards. Their sin had not alarmed them; the danger with which their soul was imperilled bad not aroused them; now, however, the heavy visitation that awaited them would affect them more vehemently, touching them more nearly. Deprived of the means of their favourite indulgence, they are urged to awake from their stupid slumber and perilous day-dream. They are summoned to weep, shedding silent but bitter tears, and howl, venting their so,row and disappointment in loud and long lamentation: <span class="cmt_word">Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine!</span> He backs this exhortation by a most cogent and unanswerable reason - because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. The word <span class="accented">asis</span> is explained by Kimchi thus: "Wine is called <span class="hebrew">עסיס</span>, and so every kind of drink that goes out (is pressed out) by bruising and treading is called <span class="hebrew">עסיס</span>, according to the meaning of the root <span class="hebrew">עסס</span> in <a href="/malachi/3.htm">Malachi 3</a>:21. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joel/1-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Wake up,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָקִ֤יצוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·qî·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arise, be awake, watch </span><br /><br /><span class="word">you drunkards,</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכּוֹרִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(šik·kō·w·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7910.htm">Strong's 7910: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intoxicated, as a, state, a habit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and weep;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְכ֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1058.htm">Strong's 1058: </a> </span><span class="str2">To weep, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wail,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵילִ֖לוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·li·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3213.htm">Strong's 3213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To howl, make a howling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you drinkers</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁ֣תֵי</span> <span class="translit">(šō·ṯê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> </span><span class="str2">To imbibe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of wine,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֑יִן</span> <span class="translit">(yā·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wine, intoxication</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sweet wine,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָסִ֕יס</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·sîs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6071.htm">Strong's 6071: </a> </span><span class="str2">Must, fresh grape-juice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it has been cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְרַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your mouth.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפִּיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pî·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joel/1-5.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 1:5 Wake up you drunkards and weep! 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