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Joel 1

The Devastation of Locusts

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The  aword of the LORD that came to  bJoel, the son of Pethuel:

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 aHear this, O  belders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land.  cHas anything like this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days?

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 aTell your sons about it, And let your sons tell their sons, And their sons the next generation.

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What the  agnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; And what the  bswarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten; And what the creeping locust has left, the  cstripping locust has eaten.

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Awake,  adrunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is  bcut off from your mouth.

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For a  anation has  1invaded my land, Mighty and without number;  bIts teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the fangs of a lioness.

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It has  amade my vine a waste And my fig tree  1splinters. It has stripped them bare and cast them away; Their branches have become white.

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 aWail like a virgin  bgirded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.

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The  agrain offering and the drink offering are cut off From the house of the LORD. The  bpriests mourn, The ministers of the LORD.

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The field is  aruined,  bThe land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil  1fails.

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 1 aBe ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the  bharvest of the field is destroyed.

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The  avine dries up And the fig tree  1fails; The  bpomegranate, the  cpalm also, and the  2 dapple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed,  erejoicing dries up From the sons of men.

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 aGird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests;  bWail, O ministers of the altar! Come,  cspend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.

Starvation and Drought

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 aConsecrate a fast, Proclaim a  bsolemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And  ccry out to the LORD.

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 aAlas for the day! For the  bday of the LORD is near, And it will come as  cdestruction from the  1Almighty.

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Has not  afood been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and  bjoy from the house of our God?

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The  1 aseeds shrivel under their  2clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.

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How  athe beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep  1suffer.

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 aTo You, O LORD, I cry; For  bfire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.

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Even the beasts of the field  1 apant for You; For the  bwater brooks are dried up And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.



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