Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
A
word of Jehovah
that hath
been
unto
Joel ,
son of Pethuel :
The
word of the
LORD
that came
to
Joel the
son of Pethuel .
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?
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?
Concerning
it
to
your
sons
talk
ye, And your sons
to
their sons
, And their sons
to
another generation.
Tell
ye your
children
of
it
, and let
your children
tell
their children
, and their children
another generation.
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
.
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
.
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep ,
And howl all drinking
wine, because of the juice,
For it hath
been
cut off from your mouth.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
Wail,
as
a virgin girdeth
with sackcloth ,
For the husband of her youth.
Lament
like
a virgin girded
with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Cut off hath
been
present
and
libation
from the house of Jehovah,
Mourned
have
the priests, ministrants
of
Jehovah
.
The
meat
offering
and
the
drink
offering
is
cut off from the house of the LORD;
the
priests, the
LORD's
ministers,
mourn
.
Spoiled
is
the field, mourned
hath
the ground,
For spoiled
is
the corn ,
Dried
up
hath
been
new wine, languish
doth
oil.
The field is
wasted
, the land
mourneth;
for the corn is
wasted:
the
new wine is
dried
up
, the
oil languisheth
.
Be ashamed, ye husbandmen ,
Howl, vine-dressers
, for wheat and for barley ,
For
perished
hath
the harvest of the field.
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
.
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.
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.
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
.
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.
Sanctify a fast, proclaim
a restraint
, Gather the elders --
all the inhabitants of the land ,
`
Into '
the house of Jehovah
your God,
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,
And
cry
unto
Jehovah,
`
Alas for the day! For near
`is'
a
day of Jehovah
, And as destruction from the mighty
it cometh
.
Alas for the day! for the
day of the
LORD
is
at
hand
, and as a
destruction from the Almighty
shall
it come
.
Is not before our eyes food
cut
off?
From the house of our God joy
and
rejoicing
?
Is not the
meat
cut
off
before our eyes ,
yea,
joy
and
gladness
from the house of our God?
Rotted
have
scattered
things
under their clods, Desolated
have
been
storehouses
, Broken down have
been
granaries,
For withered
hath
the corn.
The
seed
is
rotten
under their clods, the
garners
are
laid
desolate
, the
barns
are
broken down ;
for the corn is
withered
.
How have
cattle
sighed
! Perplexed
have
been
droves
of oxen
, For
there
is
no pasture for
them
, Also
droves
of sheep have
been
desolated
.
How do
the
beasts
groan
! the
herds
of cattle
are
perplexed
, because
they
have
no pasture ;
yea
, the
flocks
of sheep are
made
desolate
.
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.
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.
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 !'
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 .
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