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The word of Jehovahthe Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. |
| 1:2 |
Hear this, yeO old menelders, andAnd give earlisten, all ye inhabitants of the land. HathHas anything like this beenhappened in your days, orOr in the days of your fathers days? |
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Tell ye your childrensons ofabout it, andAnd let your childrensons tell their childrensons, andAnd their childrensons anotherthe next generation. |
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ThatWhat which the palmergnawing wormlocust hathhas left, hath the swarming locust has eaten; andAnd thatwhat which the swarming locust hathhas left, hath the cankercreeping wormlocust has eaten; andAnd thatwhat which the cankercreeping wormlocust hathhas left, hath the caterpillarstripping locust has eaten. |
| 1:5 |
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; andAnd wail, all yeyou wine drinkers, ofOn wine,account because of the sweet wine; forThat it is cut off from your mouth. |
| 1:6 |
For a nation ishas comeinvaded up upon my land, strong,Mighty and without number; hisIts teeth are the teeth of a lion, andAnd heit hathhas the jawfangs teeth of a lioness. |
| 1:7 |
HeIt hathhas laidmade my vine a waste, andAnd barked my fig tree: hesplinters. hathIt madehas itstripped cleanthem bare, and cast itthem away; theTheir branches thereofhave arebecome made white. |
| 1:8 |
LamentWail like a virgin girded with sackcloth forFor the husbandbridegroom of her youth. |
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The mealgrain offering and the drinklibation offering are cut off fromFrom the house of Jehovah; the Lord. The priests mourn, JehovahsThe ministers, mournof the Lord. |
| 1:10 |
The field is laid wasteruined, theThe land mourneth;mourns, forFor the grain is destroyedruined, theThe new wine isdries dried up, theFresh oil languishethfails. |
| 1:11 |
Be confoundedashamed, O ye husbandmenfarmers, wailWail, O ye vinedressers, forFor the wheat and for the barley; forBecause the harvest of the field is perisheddestroyed. |
| 1:12 |
The vine isdries witheredup, andAnd the fig tree languishethfails; theThe pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, evenAll all the trees of the field aredry withered:up. forIndeed, joyrejoicing isdries witheredup awayFrom from the sons of men. |
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Gird yourselves with sackcloth, andAnd lament, yeO priests; wailWail, yeO ministers of the altar;! comeCome, liespend allthe night in sackcloth, yeO ministers of my God:, forFor the mealgrain offering and the drinklibation offeringAre arewithheld withholden from the house of your God. |
| 1:14 |
SanctifyConsecrate a fast, callProclaim a solemn assembly,; gatherGather the oldelders menAnd and all the inhabitants of the land untoTo the house of Jehovahthe Lord your God, andAnd cry untoout Jehovahto the Lord. |
| 1:15 |
Alas for the day! forFor the day of Jehovahthe Lord is at handnear, andAnd it will come as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. |
| 1:16 |
IsHas not the food been cut off before our eyes, yea,Gladness joy and gladnessjoy from the house of our God? |
| 1:17 |
The seeds rotshrivel under their clods; theThe garnersstorehouses are laid desolate, theThe barns are brokentorn down;, forFor the grain is withereddried up. |
| 1:18 |
How do the beasts groan! theThe herds of cattle arewander perplexed,aimlessly becauseBecause theythere haveis no pasture for them; yea,Even the flocks of sheep are made desolatesuffer. |
| 1:19 |
OTo JehovahThee, toO theeLord, do I cry; forFor the fire hathhas devoured the pastures of the wilderness, andAnd the flame hathhas burned up all the trees of the field. |
| 1:20 |
Yea,Even the beasts of the field pant untofor theeThee; forFor the water brooks are dried up, andAnd the fire hathhas devoured the pastures of the wilderness. |
| 2:1 |
Blow yea the trumpet in Zion, andAnd sound an alarm inon myMy holy mountain;! letLet all the inhabitants of the land tremble:, forFor the day of Jehovahthe cometh,Lord foris coming; Surely it is nigh at hand;near, |
| 2:2 |
aA day of darkness and gloominessgloom, aA day of clouds and thick darkness,. asAs the dawn is spread uponover the mountains;, So there is a great people and amighty strongpeople; thereThere hathhas notnever been everanything thelike likeit, neitherNor shallwill there be anyagain more after them,it evenTo to the years of many generations. |
| 2:3 |
A fire devourethconsumes before them;, andAnd behind them a flame burneth:burns. theThe land is aslike the garden of Eden before them, andBut behind them a desolate wilderness; yeabehind them, andAnd nonenothing hathat escapedall escapes them. |
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TheTheir appearance of them is aslike the appearance of horses; andAnd aslike horsemenwar horses, so do they run. |
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LikeWith thea noise as of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains do they leap, likeLike the noisecrackling of a flame of fire thatconsuming devoureth the stubble, asLike a strongmighty people setarranged infor battle array. |
| 2:6 |
AtBefore theirthem presence the peoplespeople are in anguish; allAll faces areturn waxed pale. |
| 2:7 |
They run like mighty men; theyThey climb the wall like men of warsoldiers; andAnd they each march everyin oneline, onNor hisdo ways, and they breakdeviate notfrom their rankspaths. |
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NeitherThey dothdo onenot thrustcrowd anothereach other; theyThey march everyeveryone one in his path;. andWhen they burst through the weaponsdefenses, andThey breakdo not offbreak their courseranks. |
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They leaprush uponon the city;, theyThey run uponon the wall; theyThey climb up into the houses;, theyThey enter inthrough at the windows like a thief. |
| 2:10 |
TheBefore earththem quakeththe beforeearth them;quakes, theThe heavens tremble;, theThe sun and the moon aregrow darkeneddark, andAnd the stars withdrawlose their shiningbrightness. |
| 2:11 |
And Jehovahthe utterethLord hisutters His voice before hisHis army; forSurely hisHis camp is very great;, forFor hestrong is stronghe thatwho executethcarries hisout His word;. forThe the day of Jehovahthe Lord is indeed great and very terrible;awesome, andAnd who can abideendure it? |
| 2:12 |
Yet even now, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, turnReturn yeto untoMe me with all your heart, andAnd with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:; |
| 2:13 |
andAnd rend your heart, and not your garments,. andNow turnreturn untoto Jehovahthe Lord your God;, forFor heHe is gracious and mercifulcompassionate, slowSlow to anger, andabounding abundant in lovingkindness, andAnd repentethrelenting him of the evil. |
| 2:14 |
Who knowethknows whether heHe will not turn and repentrelent, andAnd leave a blessing behind himHim, evenEven a mealgrain offering and a drinklibation offeringFor untothe JehovahLord your God? |
| 2:15 |
Blow thea trumpet in Zion, sanctifyConsecrate a fast, callproclaim a solemn assembly;, |
| 2:16 |
gatherGather the people, sanctify the assemblycongregation, assembleAssemble the old menelders, gatherGather the children, and thosethe thatnursing suckinfants. theLet breasts; let the bridegroom gocome forthout fromof his chamber,room andAnd the bride out of her closetbridal chamber. |
| 2:17 |
Let the priests, the Lords ministers of Jehovah, weepWeep between the porch and the altar, andAnd let them say, Spare thyThy people, O JehovahLord, andAnd givedo not thymake heritageThine toinheritance a reproach, thatA byword among the nations. shouldWhy rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples say, Where is their God? |
| 2:18 |
Then wasthe JehovahLord jealouswill be zealous for hisHis land, andAnd hadwill have pity on hisHis people. |
| 2:19 |
And Jehovahthe answeredLord will answer and saidsay untoto hisHis people, Behold, I willam going to send you grain, and new wine, and oil, andAnd yeyou shallwill be satisfied therewithin full with them; andAnd I will nonever moreagain make you a reproach among the nations;. |
| 2:20 |
butBut I will remove the northern army far off from you, theAnd northernI army, and will drive it into a landparched barren and desolate land, And its forepartvanguard into the eastern sea, andAnd its hinderrear partguard into the western sea;. andAnd its stench shallwill comearise up, and its illfoul savorsmell shallwill come up, becauseFor it hathhas done great things. |
| 2:21 |
FearDo not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, andFor rejoice;the forLord Jehovahhas hath done great things. |
| 2:22 |
BeDo not afraidfear, ye beasts of the field;, forFor the pastures of the wilderness dohave springturned green, forFor the tree bearethhas borne its fruit, theThe fig tree and the vine dohave yieldyielded theirin strengthfull. |
| 2:23 |
BeSo glad thenrejoice, yeO childrensons of Zion, andAnd rejoicebe glad in Jehovahthe Lord your God; forFor heHe givethhas given you the formerearly rain infor justyour measure,vindication. andAnd heHe causethhas topoured come down for you the rain, theThe formerearly rain and the latter rain, inas the first monthbefore. |
| 2:24 |
And the threshing floors shallwill be full of wheatgrain, andAnd the vats shallwill overflow with the new wine and oil. |
| 2:25 |
AndThen I will restoremake up to you for the years thatThat the swarming locust hathhas eaten, theThe cankercreeping wormlocust, and the caterpillarstripping locust, and the palmergnawing wormlocust, myMy great army which I sent among you. |
| 2:26 |
And yeyou shall eathave in plenty to eat and be satisfied, andAnd shall praise the name of Jehovahthe Lord your God, thatWho hathhas dealt wondrously with you; andThen myMy people shallwill never be put to shame. |
| 2:27 |
AndThus yeyou shallwill know that I am in the midst of Israel, andAnd that I am Jehovahthe Lord your God, andAnd there is noneno elseother; andAnd myMy people shallwill never be put to shame. |
| 2:28 |
And it shallwill come toabout passafter afterward,this thatThat I will pour out myMy Spirit uponon all fleshmankind; andAnd your sons and your daughters shallwill prophesy, yourYour old men shallwill dream dreams, yourYour young men shallwill see visions:. |
| 2:29 |
andAnd alsoeven uponon the servantsmale and uponfemale theservants handmaidsI in those days will I pour out myMy Spirit in those days. |
| 2:30 |
And I will showdisplay wonders in the heavenssky and inon the earth:, bloodBlood, and fire, and pillarscolumns of smoke. |
| 2:31 |
The sun shallwill be turned into darkness, andAnd the moon into blood, beforeBefore the great and terribleawesome day of Jehovahthe comethLord comes. |
| 2:32 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass, that whosoeverwhoever shallcalls call on the name of Jehovahthe shallLord Will be delivered; forFor inon mountMount Zion and in Jerusalem thereThere shallwill be those thatwho escape, asAs Jehovahthe hathLord has said, andEven among the remnantsurvivors those whom Jehovahthe dothLord callcalls. |
| 3:1 |
For, behold, in those days, and inat that time, whenWhen I shallrestore bring back the captivityfortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, |
| 3:2 |
I will gather all the nations, andAnd will bring them down intoto the valley of Jehoshaphat;. andThen I will executeenter into judgment uponwith them there forOn mybehalf of My people and forMy myinheritance, heritage Israel, whomWhom they have scattered among the nations:; andAnd they have parteddivided myup My land,. |
| 3:3 |
andThey have also cast lots for myMy people, andTraded have given a boy for a harlot, andAnd sold a girl for wine, that they may drink. |
| 3:4 |
YeaMoreover, and what are yeyou to meMe, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? willAre yeyou renderrendering meMe a recompense? andBut if yeyou do recompense meMe, swiftly and speedily I will I return your recompense uponon your own head. |
| 3:5 |
ForasmuchSince asyou ye have taken myMy silver and myMy gold, andbrought haveMy carriedprecious intotreasures to your temples my goodly precious things, |
| 3:6 |
and have sold the childrensons of Judah and the children of Jerusalem untoto the sonsGreeks ofin theorder Grecians,to that ye may remove them far from their border;territory, |
| 3:7 |
behold, I willam stirgoing themto uparouse outthem offrom the place whitherwhere yeyou have sold them, and will return your recompense uponon your own head;. |
| 3:8 |
andAlso I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the childrensons of Judah, and they shallwill sell them to the men of ShebaSabeans, to a distant nation, farfor off:the forLord Jehovahhas hath spoken it. |
| 3:9 |
Proclaim ye this among the nations;: preparePrepare a war; stirrouse up the mighty men;! letLet all the mensoldiers of war draw near, let them come up.! |
| 3:10 |
Beat your plowshares into swords, andAnd your pruning hooks into spears:; letLet the weak say, I am stronga mighty man. |
| 3:11 |
HasteHasten ye, and come, all yeyou surrounding nations round about, andAnd gather yourselves together:there. thitherBring causedown, thyO Lord, Thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah. |
| 3:12 |
Let the nations bestirbe themselves,aroused andAnd come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;, forFor there I will I sit to judge allAll the surrounding nations round about. |
| 3:13 |
Put ye in the sickle;, for the harvest is ripe:. comeCome, tread, ye; for the winepresswine press is full,; theThe vats overflow;, for their wickedness is great. |
| 3:14 |
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! forFor the day of Jehovahthe Lord is near in the valley of decision. |
| 3:15 |
The sun and the moon aregrow darkeneddark, andAnd the stars withdrawlose their shiningbrightness. |
| 3:16 |
And Jehovahthe willLord roarroars from Zion, andAnd utterutters hisHis voice from Jerusalem;, andAnd the heavens and the earth shalltremble. shake:But butthe JehovahLord willis be a refuge untofor hisHis people, andAnd a stronghold to the childrensons of Israel. |
| 3:17 |
SoThen shallyou yewill know that I am Jehovahthe Lord your God, dwellingDwelling in Zion myMy holy mountain:. thenSo shall Jerusalem will be holy, andAnd therestrangers shallwill no strangers pass through herit anyno more. |
| 3:18 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, thatThat the mountains shallwill dropdrip downwith sweet wine, andAnd the hills shallwill flow with milk, andAnd all the brooks of Judah shallwill flow with waterswater; andAnd a fountainspring shallwill comego forthout from the house of Jehovahthe Lord, andTo shall water the valley of Shittim. |
| 3:19 |
Egypt shallwill bebecome a desolationwaste, andAnd Edom shallwill bebecome a desolate wilderness, forBecause of the violence done to the childrensons of Judah, becauseIn whose land they have shed innocent blood in their land. |
| 3:20 |
But Judah shallwill abidebe forinhabited everforever, andAnd Jerusalem fromfor generationall to generationgenerations. |
| 3:21 |
And I will cleanseavenge their blood, thatwhich I have not cleansed:avenged, forFor Jehovahthe dwellethLord dwells in Zion. |