| 1:1 |
The word of theJehovah Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel |
| 1:2 |
Hear this ye old men and give ear all ye inhabitants of the land Hath this been in your days or even in the days of your fathers |
| 1:4 |
That which the palmerwormpalmer worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerwormcanker worm eaten; and that which the cankerwormcanker worm hath left hath the caterpillercaterpillar eaten |
| 1:5 |
Awake ye drunkards and weep; and howlwail all ye drinkers of wine because of the newsweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth |
| 1:6 |
For a nation is come up upon my land strong and without number; whosehis teeth are the teeth of a lion and he hath the cheekjaw teeth of a greatlioness lion |
| 1:9 |
The meatmeal offering and the drink offering isare cut off from the house of the LordJehovah; the priests theJehovahs Lords ministers mourn |
| 1:10 |
The field is wastedlaid waste the land mourneth; for the corngrain is wasted:destroyed the new wine is dried up the oil languisheth |
| 1:11 |
Be yeconfounded ashamed O ye husbandmen; howlwail O ye vinedressers for the wheat and for the barley; becausefor the harvest of the field is perished |
| 1:12 |
The vine is driedwithered up and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree the palm tree also and the apple tree even all the trees of the field are withered: becausefor joy is withered away from the sons of men |
| 1:13 |
Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament ye priests:; howlwail ye ministers of the altar:; come lie all night in sackcloth ye ministers of my God: for the meatmeal offering and the drink offering isare withholden from the house of your God |
| 1:14 |
Sanctify ye a fast call a solemn assembly gather the eldersold men and all the inhabitants of the land intounto the house of theJehovah Lord your God and cry unto the LordJehovah |
| 1:15 |
Alas for the day for the day of theJehovah Lord is at hand and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come |
| 1:16 |
Is not the meatfood cut off before our eyes yea joy and gladness from the house of our God |
| 1:17 |
The seedseeds isrot rotten under their clods; the garners are laid desolate the barns are broken down; for the corngrain is withered |
| 1:19 |
O LordJehovah to thee willdo I cry:; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field |
| 1:20 |
TheYea the beasts of the field crypant also unto thee:; for the riverswater ofbrooks waters are dried up and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness |
| 2:1 |
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion and sound an alarm in my holy mountain:; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of theJehovah Lord cometh for it is nigh at hand; |
| 2:2 |
Aa day of darkness and of gloominess a day of clouds and of thick darkness as the morningdawn spread upon the mountains:; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like neither shall be any more after itthem even to the years of many generations |
| 2:3 |
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea and nothingnone shallhath escapeescaped them |
| 2:4 |
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen so shalldo they run |
| 2:5 |
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains shalldo they leap like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble as a strong people set in battle array |
| 2:6 |
BeforeAt their facepresence the peoplepeoples shallare bein muchanguish; pained: all faces shallare gatherwaxed blacknesspale |
| 2:7 |
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways and they shallbreak not break their ranks: |
| 2:8 |
Neither shalldoth one thrust another; they shallmarch walk every one in his path:; and when they fallburst uponthrough the swordweapons theyand shallbreak not beoff woundedtheir course |
| 2:9 |
They shallleap runupon to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up uponinto the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief |
| 2:10 |
The earth shallquaketh quake before them; the heavens shall tremble:; the sun and the moon shallare bedarkened dark and the stars shall withdraw their shining: |
| 2:11 |
And theJehovah Lorduttereth shall utter his voice before his army:; for his camp is very great:; for he is strong that executeth his word:; for the day of theJehovah Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it |
| 2:12 |
ThereforeYet alsoeven now saith theJehovah Lord turn ye evenunto to me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning: |
| 2:13 |
Andand rend your heart and not your garments and turn unto theJehovah Lord your God:; for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and ofabundant greatin kindnesslovingkindness and repenteth him of the evil |
| 2:14 |
Who knoweth ifwhether he will returnnot turn and repent and leave a blessing behind him; even a meatmeal offering and a drink offering unto theJehovah Lord your God |
| 2:15 |
Blow the trumpet in Zion sanctify a fast call a solemn assembly:; |
| 2:16 |
Gathergather the people sanctify the congregationassembly assemble the eldersold men gather the children and those that suck the breasts:; let the bridegroom go forth offrom his chamber and the bride out of her closet |
| 2:17 |
Let the priests the ministers of theJehovah Lord weep between the porch and the altar and let them say Spare thy people O LordJehovah and give not thinethy heritage to reproach that the heathennations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoplepeoples Where is their God |
| 2:18 |
Then willwas theJehovah Lord be jealous for his land and had pity on his people |
| 2:19 |
YeaAnd theJehovah Lordanswered will answer and saysaid unto his people Behold I will send you corngrain and new wine and oil and ye shall be satisfied therewith:; and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:nations; |
| 2:20 |
Butbut I will remove far off from you the northern army and will drive himit into a land barren and desolate withits hisforepart faceinto toward the easteastern sea and hisits hinder part towardinto the utmostwestern sea; and hisits stinkstench shall come up and hisits ill savoursavor shall come up because heit hath done great things |
| 2:21 |
Fear not O land; be glad and rejoice:; for theJehovah Lordhath willdone do great things |
| 2:22 |
Be not afraid ye beasts of the field:; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring for the tree beareth herits fruit the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength |
| 2:23 |
Be glad then ye children of Zion and rejoice in theJehovah Lord your God:; for he hathgiveth given you the former rain moderatelyin just measure and he willcauseth cause to come down for you the rain the former rain and the latter rain in the first month |
| 2:24 |
And the floors shall be full of wheat and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil |
| 2:25 |
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten the cankerwormcanker worm and the caterpillercaterpillar and the palmerwormpalmer worm my great army which I sent among you |
| 2:26 |
And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and shall praise the name of theJehovah Lord your God that hath dealt wondrously with you:; and my people shall never be ashamedput to shame |
| 2:27 |
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel and that I am theJehovah Lord your God and there is none else:; and my people shall never be ashamedput to shame |
| 2:28 |
And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spiritSpirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy your old men shall dream dreams your young men shall see visions: |
| 2:29 |
Andand also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spiritSpirit |
| 2:30 |
And I will shewshow wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood and fire and pillars of smoke |
| 2:31 |
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and terrible day of theJehovah Lordcometh come |
| 2:32 |
And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of theJehovah Lord shall be delivered:; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverancethose that escape as theJehovah Lord hath said and inamong the remnant those whom theJehovah Lorddoth shall call |
| 3:1 |
For behold in those days and in that time when I shall bring againback the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem |
| 3:2 |
I will also gather all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will pleadexecute withjudgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land |
| 3:3 |
Andand they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for ana harlot and sold a girl for wine that they mightmay drink |
| 3:4 |
Yea and what haveare ye to do with me O Tyre and ZidonSidon and all the coastsregions of PalestinePhilistia will ye render me a recompencerecompense and if ye recompense me swiftly and speedily will I return your recompencerecompense upon your own head; |
| 3:5 |
BecauseForasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasantprecious things: |
| 3:6 |
Theand have sold the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem haveunto yethe soldsons untoof the Grecians that ye mightmay remove them far from their border; |
| 3:7 |
Beholdbehold I will raisestir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them and will return your recompencerecompense upon your own head:; |
| 3:8 |
Andand I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah and they shall sell them to the Sabeansmen of Sheba to a peoplenation far off: for theJehovah Lord hath spoken it |
| 3:9 |
Proclaim ye this among the Gentilesnations; Prepareprepare war; wakestir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: |
| 3:10 |
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghookspruning hooks into spears: let the weak say I am strong |
| 3:11 |
AssembleHaste yourselvesye and come all ye heathennations round about and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down O LordJehovah |
| 3:12 |
Let the heathennations bebestir wakenedthemselves and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat:; for there will I sit to judge all the heathennations round about |
| 3:13 |
Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come gettread you downye; for the presswinepress is full the fatsvats overflow; for their wickedness is great |
| 3:14 |
Multitudes multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of theJehovah Lord is near in the valley of decision |
| 3:15 |
The sun and the moon shallare be darkened and the stars shall withdraw their shining |
| 3:16 |
TheAnd LordJehovah alsowill shall roar outfrom of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but theJehovah Lord will be thea hoperefuge ofunto his people and thea strengthstronghold ofto the children of Israel |
| 3:17 |
So shall ye know that I am theJehovah Lord your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy and there shall no strangers pass through her any more |
| 3:18 |
And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop down newsweet wine and the hills shall flow with milk and all the riversbrooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth outfrom of the house of theJehovah Lord and shall water the valley of Shittim |
| 3:19 |
Egypt shall be a desolation and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness for the violence againstdone to the children of Judah because they have shed innocent blood in their land |
| 3:20 |
But Judah shall dwellabide for ever and Jerusalem from generation to generation |
| 3:21 |
ForAnd I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for theJehovah Lord dwelleth in Zion |