| 1:5 |
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the wine, for it has been snatched from your lips. |
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips. |
| 1:12 |
The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree—all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the joy of people is withered away. |
The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree—all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the joy of mankind is withered away. |
| 1:15 |
What a dreadful day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like a destruction from the Almighty. |
Alas for that day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. |
| 2:14 |
Who knows but that he may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing—grain offerings and drink offerings for the Lord your God. |
Who knows? He may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing—grain offerings and drink offerings for the Lord your God. |
| 2:23 |
Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you a teacher for righteousness. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. |
Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. |