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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] that came to Joel[H3100] the son[H1121] of Pethuel[H6602].
2Hear[H8085] this, ye old men[H2205], and give ear[H238], all ye inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776]. Hath this been in your days[H3117], or even[H518] in the days[H3117] of your fathers?[H1]
3Tell[H5608] ye your children[H1121] of it, and let your children[H1121]tell[H5608] their children[H1121], and their children[H1121]another[H312]generation[H1755].
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That which the palmerworm[H1501] hath left[H3499] hath the locust[H697]eaten[H398]; and that which the locust[H697] hath left[H3499] hath the cankerworm[H3218]eaten[H398]; and that which the cankerworm[H3218] hath left[H3499] hath the caterpiller[H2625]eaten[H398].
5Awake[H6974], ye drunkards[H7910], and weep[H1058]; and howl[H3213], all ye drinkers[H8354] of wine[H3196], because of the new wine[H6071]; for it is cut off[H3772] from your mouth[H6310].
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For a nation[H1471] is come up[H5927] upon my land[H776], strong[H6099], and without number[H4557], whose teeth[H8127] are the teeth[H4973] of a lion[H738], and he hath the cheek teeth[H4973] of a great lion[H3833].
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He hath laid[H7760] my vine[H1612]waste[H8047], and barked[H7111] my fig tree[H8384]: he hath made it clean[H2834]bare[H2834], and cast it away[H7993]; the branches[H8299] thereof are made white[H3835].
8Lament[H421] like a virgin[H1330]girded[H2296] with sackcloth[H8242] for the husband[H1167] of her youth[H5271].
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The meat offering[H4503] and the drink offering[H5262] is cut off[H3772] from the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]; the priests[H3548], the LORD[H3068]'S ministers[H8334], mourn[H56].
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The field[H7704] is wasted[H7703], the land[H127]mourneth[H56]; for the corn[H1715] is wasted[H7703]: the new wine[H8492] is dried up[H3001], the oil[H3323]languisheth[H535].
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Be ye ashamed[H3001], O ye husbandmen[H406]; howl[H3213], O ye vinedressers[H3755], for the wheat[H2406] and for the barley[H8184]; because the harvest[H7105] of the field[H7704] is perished[H6].
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The vine[H1612] is dried up[H3001], and the fig tree[H8384]languisheth[H535]; the pomegranate[H7416]tree[H8558], the palm tree[H8598] also, and the apple tree[H8598], even all the trees[H6086] of the field[H7704], are withered[H3001]: because joy[H8342] is withered[H3001]away[H3001] from the sons[H1121] of men[H120].
13Gird[H2296] yourselves, and lament[H5594], ye priests[H3548]: howl[H3213], ye ministers[H8334] of the altar[H4196]: come[H935], lie all night[H3885] in sackcloth[H8242], ye ministers[H8334] of my God[H430]: for the meat offering[H4503] and the drink offering[H5262] is withholden[H4513] from the house[H1004] of your God[H430].
14Sanctify[H6942] ye a fast[H6685], call[H7121] a solemn assembly[H6116], gather[H622] the elders[H2205] and all the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], and cry[H2199] unto the LORD[H3068],
15Alas[H162] for the day[H3117]! for the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068] is at hand[H7138], and as a destruction[H7701] from the Almighty[H7706] shall it come[H935].
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Is not the meat[H400] cut off[H3772] before our eyes[H5869], yea, joy[H8057] and gladness[H1524] from the house[H1004] of our God?[H430]
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The seed[H6507] is rotten[H5685] under their clods[H4053], the garners[H214] are laid desolate[H8074], the barns[H4460] are broken down[H2040]; for the corn[H1715] is withered[H3001].
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How do the beasts[H929]groan[H584]! the herds[H5739] of cattle[H1241] are perplexed[H943], because they have no pasture[H4829]; yea, the flocks[H5739] of sheep[H6629] are made desolate[H816].
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O LORD[H3068], to thee will I cry[H7121]: for the fire[H784] hath devoured[H398] the pastures[H4999] of the wilderness[H4057], and the flame[H3852] hath burned[H3857] all the trees[H6086] of the field[H7704].
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The beasts[H929] of the field[H7704]cry[H6165] also unto thee: for the rivers[H650] of waters[H4325] are dried up[H3001], and the fire[H784] hath devoured[H398] the pastures[H4999] of the wilderness[H4057].