Joel 1

1 ¶ The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. word^H1697 LORD^H3068 Joel^H3100 son^H1121 Pethuel^H6602 See also: Acts 2:16 Jeremiah 1:2 Ezekiel 1:3 Hosea 1:1 2 Peter 1:21

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? Hear^H8085 men^H2205 ear^H238 inhabitants^H3427 land^H776 days^H3117 even^H518 days^H3117 fathers^H1 See also: Joel 2:2 Hosea 5:1 Job 8:8 Jeremiah 30:7 Deuteronomy 4:32-35

3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. Tell^H5608 children^H1121 children^H1121 children^H1121 children^H1121 another^H312 generation^H1755 See also: Deuteronomy 6:7 Exodus 13:14 Psalms 71:18 Psalms 145:4 Exodus 10:1-2

4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. palmerworm^H1501 left^H3499 locust^H697 eaten^H398 locust^H697 left^H3499 cankerworm^H3218 eaten^H398 cankerworm^H3218 left^H3499 caterpiller^H2625 eaten^H398 See also: Joel 2:25 Amos 4:9 Exodus 10:4 Psalms 78:46 Isaiah 33:4

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. Awake^H6974 drunkards^H7910 weep^H1058 howl^H3213 drinkers^H8354 wine^H3196 wine^H6071 off^H3772 mouth^H6310 See also: James 5:1 Luke 21:34-36 Isaiah 32:10-12 Isaiah 24:7-11 Jeremiah 4:8

6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. nation^H1471 up^H5927 land^H776 strong^H6099 number^H4557 teeth^H8127 teeth^H8127 lion^H738 teeth^H4973 lion^H3833 See also: Joel 2:25 Proverbs 30:14 Isaiah 8:8 Joel 2:2-11 Revelation 9:7-10

7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. laid^H7760 vine^H1612 waste^H8047 barked^H7111 tree^H8384 clean^H2834 bare^H2834 away^H7993 branches^H8299 white^H3835 See also: Isaiah 5:6 Amos 4:9 Joel 1:12 Exodus 10:15 Psalms 105:33

8 ¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. Lament^H421 virgin^H1330 girded^H2296 sackcloth^H8242 husband^H1167 youth^H5271 See also: Isaiah 22:12 Malachi 2:15 James 5:1 Proverbs 2:17 Isaiah 24:7-12

9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. offering^H4503 offering^H5262 off^H3772 house^H1004 LORD^H3068 priests^H3548 LORD'S^H3068 ministers^H8334 mourn^H56 See also: Joel 2:14 Joel 2:17 Hosea 9:4 Joel 1:13 Isaiah 61:6

10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. field^H7704 wasted^H7703 land^H127 mourneth^H56 corn^H1715 wasted^H7703 wine^H8492 up^H3001 oil^H3323 languisheth^H535 See also: Hosea 4:3 Jeremiah 12:11 Hosea 9:2 Joel 1:5 Leviticus 26:20

11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. ashamed^H3001 husbandmen^H406 howl^H3213 vinedressers^H3755 wheat^H2406 barley^H8184 harvest^H7105 field^H7704 perished^H6 See also: Jeremiah 14:3-4 Isaiah 17:11 Jeremiah 9:12 Amos 5:16 Romans 5:5

12 The vine is dried 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: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. vine^H1612 up^H3001 tree^H8384 languisheth^H535 pomegranate^H7416 tree^H8558 tree^H8598 trees^H6086 field^H7704 withered^H3001 joy^H8342 away^H3001 sons^H1121 men^H120 See also: Isaiah 16:10 Isaiah 24:11 Song of Solomon 2:3 Hosea 9:1-2 Joel 1:10

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. Gird^H2296 lament^H5594 priests^H3548 howl^H3213 ministers^H8334 altar^H4196 come^H935 night^H3885 sackcloth^H8242 ministers^H8334 God^H430 offering^H4503 offering^H5262 withholden^H4513 house^H1004 God^H430 See also: Jeremiah 4:8 Joel 1:8-9 1 Kings 21:27 Jeremiah 9:10 Ezekiel 7:18

14 ¶ Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, Sanctify^H6942 fast^H6685 call^H7121 assembly^H6116 gather^H622 elders^H2205 inhabitants^H3427 land^H776 house^H1004 LORD^H3068 God^H430 cry^H2199 LORD^H3068 See also: Joel 2:15-16 Leviticus 23:36 Deuteronomy 29:10-11 2 Chronicles 20:3-4 2 Chronicles 20:13

15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Alas^H162 day^H3117 day^H3117 LORD^H3068 hand^H7138 destruction^H7701 Almighty^H7706 come^H935 See also: Isaiah 13:6-9 Jeremiah 30:7 Zephaniah 1:14-18 Ezekiel 7:2-12 Joel 2:11

16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? meat^H400 off^H3772 eyes^H5869 joy^H8057 gladness^H1524 house^H1004 God^H430 See also: Deuteronomy 12:6-7 Psalms 43:4 Psalms 105:3 Deuteronomy 12:11-12 Deuteronomy 16:10-15

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. seed^H6507 rotten^H5685 clods^H4053 garners^H214 desolate^H8074 barns^H4460 down^H2040 corn^H1715 withered^H3001 See also: Genesis 23:16 Isaiah 17:10-11

18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. beasts^H929 groan^H584 herds^H5739 cattle^H1241 perplexed^H943 pasture^H4829 flocks^H5739 sheep^H6629 desolate^H816 See also: Jeremiah 12:4 Hosea 4:3 Jeremiah 14:5-6 1 Kings 18:5 Joel 1:20

19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. LORD^H3068 cry^H7121 fire^H784 devoured^H398 pastures^H4999 wilderness^H4057 flame^H3852 burned^H3857 trees^H6086 field^H7704 See also: Psalms 50:15 Jeremiah 9:10 Amos 7:4 Micah 7:7 Psalms 91:15

20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. beasts^H929 field^H7704 cry^H6165 rivers^H650 waters^H4325 up^H3001 fire^H784 devoured^H398 pastures^H4999 wilderness^H4057 See also: Psalms 104:21 1 Kings 17:7 1 Kings 18:5 Job 38:41 Psalms 145:15