1The LORD’s word that came to Joel, the…
2Hear this, you elders, and listen, all you…
3Tell your children about it, and have your…
4What the swarming locust has left, the great…
5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all…
6For a nation has come up on my…
7He has laid my vine waste, and stripped…
8Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for…
9The meal offering and the drink offering are…
10The field is laid waste. The land mourns,…
11Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers,…
12The vine has dried up, and the fig…
13Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail,…
14Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather…
15Alas for the day! For the day of…
16Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes,…
17The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries…
18How the animals groan! The herds of livestock…
19LORD, I cry to you, for the fire…
20Yes, the animals of the field pant to…
