{"book":"Joel","slug":"joel","ch":1,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Joel","prev":"hosea/14","next":"joel/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[This is] the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:","f":[],"h":"The Invasion of Locusts","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Hear this, O elders;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and give ear, all who dwell in the land."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Has anything like this ever happened in your days"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or in the days of your fathers?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Tell it to your children;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let your children tell it to their children,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their children to the next generation."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.","f":["The precise identification of the four kinds of locusts mentioned here is uncertain."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"What the devouring locust has left,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the swarming locust has eaten;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"what the swarming locust has left,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the young locust has eaten;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and what the young locust has left,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the destroying locust has eaten."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"wail, all you drinkers of wine,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because of the sweet wine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for it has been cut off from your mouth."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and its fangs [are the fangs] of a lioness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For a nation has invaded My land,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"powerful and without number;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and its fangs [are the fangs] of a lioness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It has laid waste My grapevine"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and splintered My fig tree."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the branches have turned white."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"grieving for the husband of her youth."}],"h":"A Call to Mourning","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Grain and drink offerings have been cut off"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the house of the LORD;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the priests are in mourning,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those who minister before the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, [and] the oil fails.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The field is ruined;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the land mourns."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For the grain is destroyed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the new wine is dried up, [and] the oil fails."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Be dismayed, O farmers,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"wail, O vinedressers,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"over the wheat and barley,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because the harvest of the field has perished."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple — all the trees of the orchard — are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The grapevine is dried up,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the fig tree is withered;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the pomegranate, palm, and apple —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all the trees of the orchard — are withered."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Surely the joy of mankind has dried up."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Put on [sackcloth] and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Put on [sackcloth] and lament, O priests;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"wail, O ministers of the altar."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Come, spend the night in sackcloth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O ministers of my God,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because the grain and drink offerings"},{"style":"indent2","t":"are withheld from the house of your God."}],"h":"A Call to Repentance","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Consecrate a fast;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"proclaim a solemn assembly!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Gather the elders"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and all the residents of the land"},{"style":"indent1","t":"to the house of the LORD your God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and cry out to the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.","f":["Hebrew Shaddai"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Alas for the day!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"For the Day of the LORD is near,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and it will come"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as destruction from the Almighty."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes — joy and gladness from the house of our God?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Has not the food been cut off"},{"style":"indent2","t":"before our very eyes —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"joy and gladness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the house of our God?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the storehouses are in ruins;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the granaries are broken down,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the grain has withered away."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How the cattle groan!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"The herds wander in confusion"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because they have no pasture."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Even the flocks of sheep are suffering."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"To You, O LORD, I call,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for fire has consumed the open pastures"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and flames have scorched all the trees of the field."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even the beasts of the field pant for You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the streams of water have dried up,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and fire has consumed the open pastures."}],"style":"indent1"}]}