Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
This
is
the
word of the
LORD
that came
to
Joel son of Pethuel:
A
word of Jehovah
that hath
been
unto
Joel ,
son of Pethuel:
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?
Hear this, ye
aged
ones,
And give ear, all ye
inhabitants
of
the land ,
Hath
this been
in your days ?
Or in the days of your fathers?
Tell
it to your children;
let
your children
tell
it
to their children
, and their children
to the
next
generation.
Concerning
it to your sons
talk
ye,
And
your sons
to their sons
, And their sons
to another
generation.
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.
What is
left of
the palmer-worm,
eaten hath
the locust, And
what
is
left
of
the locust ,
Eaten hath
the
cankerworm,
And what is
left of
the cankerworm,
Eaten hath
the
caterpillar
.
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.
Awake
, ye
drunkards, and weep, And
howl
all drinking
wine, because of the juice
, For it hath
been cut off from your mouth.
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.
For a nation hath
come
up
on
my land, Strong,
and there
is
no
number ,
Its teeth `
are '
the teeth of a lion, And it
hath
the jaw-teeth
of a lioness.
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.
It hath
made
my vine
become
a
desolation,
And my fig -
tree become
a
chip,
It hath
made
it thoroughly
bare,
and
hath
cast
down,
Made
white have
been
its
branches
.
Wail like
a virgin dressed
in
sackcloth, grieving
for the husband of her youth.
Wail ,
as
a virgin girdeth
with
sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.
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
.
Cut off hath
been
present
and
libation
from the house of Jehovah,
Mourned
have
the priests, ministrants
of
Jehovah
.
The field is
ruined;
the land
mourns.
For the
grain
is destroyed,
the new
wine
is
dried up, and
the
oil fails
.
Spoiled
is
the field ,
mourned
hath
the ground,
For spoiled
is the corn,
Dried up hath
been
new
wine
, languish
doth
oil.
Be dismayed
, O
farmers
, wail
, O
vinedressers
, over
the
wheat and barley, because
the harvest of the field has
perished
.
Be ashamed
, ye
husbandmen
, Howl
, vine-dressers
, for
wheat and for
barley, For
perished
hath
the harvest of the field.
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.
The vine
hath
been
dried up, And the fig -
tree doth
languish,
Pomegranate, also
palm, and apple -tree,
All trees of the field
have
withered ,
For
dried up hath
been
joy
from
the
sons
of
men
.
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.
Gird,
and lament, ye
priests, Howl,
ye
ministrants
of the altar ,
Come in
, lodge
in sackcloth, ministrants
of my God, For
withheld from the house of your God hath
been
present
and
libation
.
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.
Sanctify
a fast ,
proclaim a restraint,
Gather the elders --
all the inhabitants
of the land ,
`Into'
the house of Jehovah
your God,
Alas for the day! For the
Day of the
LORD
is
near
, and it
will
come
as destruction from the Almighty
.
And
cry
unto
Jehovah,
`
Alas for the day! For near
`is'
a
day of Jehovah
, And as destruction from the mighty
it
cometh
.
Has
not the
food
been
cut
off
before our very
eyes —
joy
and
gladness
from the house of our God?
Is
not before our eyes food
cut
off?
From the house of our God joy
and
rejoicing
?
The
seeds
lie
shriveled
beneath
the
clods ;
the
storehouses are
in
ruins;
the
granaries
are
broken down, for the
grain
has
withered away
.
Rotted
have
scattered
things
under
their
clods ,
Desolated
have
been
storehouses ,
Broken down have
been
granaries
, For withered hath
the
corn
.
How the
cattle groan
! The
herds
wander
in
confusion
because
they
have no pasture .
Even
the
flocks
of sheep are
suffering
.
How have
cattle sighed
! Perplexed
have been
droves
of
oxen,
For
there
is
no pasture for
them,
Also
droves
of sheep have
been
desolated
.
To
You
, O LORD
, I call, for fire has
consumed the
open
pastures
and flames
have
scorched
all the
trees of the field.
Unto
Thee
, O Jehovah
, I do
call, For fire hath
consumed comely
places
of
a
wilderness,
And a
flame
hath
set
on
fire
all trees of the field.
Even
the beasts
of the field pant
for You
, for the
streams of water have
dried
up
, and fire has
consumed the
open
pastures.
Also
the cattle
of the field long
for Thee
, For dried
up
have
been
streams of water, And fire hath
consumed comely
places
of
a
wilderness!'
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