Joel
| Author: Joel (1:1).Time of His Ministry: About 800 B.C., probably after the prophet Elisha.Place of His Ministry: The southern kingdom of Judah.Object of His Ministry: The southern kingdom of Judah. |
And give heed, all you inhabitants of the land.Has this ever happened in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers?Joel|1:3|-|Tell your children about it,
And let your children tell their children,And let their children tell the next generation.
And what the swarming locust has left, the licking locust has eaten;And what the licking locust has left, the consuming locust has eaten.
Howl, all you who drink wine,Because of the fresh wine;
For it has been cut off from your mouth.Joel|1:6|-|For a
Mighty and without number;Its
And it has the cutting teeth of a lioness.Joel|1:7|-|It has made My
And MyIt has stripped it bare and cast it away;|b|fig tree a heap of splinters.
Its branches are white.Joel|1:8|-|Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth
Over the husband of her youth.Joel|1:9|-|The
From the house of Jehovah;The priests, the ministers of Jehovah, mourn.
The land mourns,For the grain is a waste;
The new wine is dried up;The fresh oil languishes.
Howl, O vinedressers,For the wheat and for the barley,
Because the harvest of the field has perished.Joel|1:12|-|The vine is dried up,
And the fig tree languishes,The pomegranate and the palm and the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are dried up;Indeed gladness has withered away
From the children of men.Joel|1:13|-|Gird yourselves and lament, O priests;
Howl, O ministers of the altar.Come, pass the night in
O ministers of my God.For the meal offering and the drink offering
Are held back from the house of your God.Joel|1:14|-|Sanctify a
Call a solemn assembly;Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the landTo the house of Jehovah your God;
And cry unto Jehovah.Joel|1:15|-|Alas for the day!
For theAnd as the destruction from the Almighty it will come.|1a|day of Jehovah has drawn near,
Cut off before our eyes,Joy and exultation
From the house of our God?Joel|1:17|-|The seeds have shriveled
Under theirThe storehouses have been desolated;|1|clods;
The barns have been torn down;For the grain is dried up.
The herds of cattle are confused,For they have no pasture;
The flocks of sheep also suffer punishment.Joel|1:19|-|To You, O Jehovah, I cry out;
ForThe pastures of the wilderness,|a|fire has devoured
And the flame has set ablazeAll the trees of the field.
Cry to You,For the waterways
Are dried up,And fire has devoured
The pastures of the wilderness.