1:1 The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 that came to Joel 3100 the son 1121 of Pethuel 6602.

1:2 Hear 8085 8798 this, ye old men 2205, and give ear 238 8685, all ye inhabitants 3427 8802 of the land 776. Hath this been in your days 3117, or even 518 in the days 3117 of your fathers 1?

1:3 Tell 5608 8761 ye your children 1121 of it, and [let] your children 1121 [tell] their children 1121, and their children 1121 another 312 generation 1755.

1:4 That which the palmerworm 1501 hath left 3499 hath the locust 697 eaten 398 8804; and that which the locust 697 hath left 3499 hath the cankerworm 3218 eaten 398 8804; and that which the cankerworm 3218 hath left 3499 hath the caterpiller 2625 eaten 398 8804.(That which the palmerworm…: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm)

1:5 Awake 6974 8685, ye drunkards 7910, and weep 1058 8798; and howl 3213 8685, all ye drinkers 8354 8802 of wine 3196, because of the new wine 6071; for it is cut off 3772 8738 from your mouth 6310.

1:6 For a nation 1471 is come up 5927 8804 upon my land 776, strong 6099, and without number 4557, whose teeth 8127 [are] the teeth 8127 of a lion 738, and he hath the cheek teeth 4973 of a great lion 3833.

1:7 He hath laid 7760 8804 my vine 1612 waste 8047, and barked 7111 my fig tree 8384: he hath made it clean 2834 8800 bare 2834 8804, and cast [it] away 7993 8689; the branches 8299 thereof are made white 3835 8689.(barked…: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking)

1:8 Lament 421 8798 like a virgin 1330 girded 2296 8803 with sackcloth 8242 for the husband 1167 of her youth 5271.

1:9 The meat offering 4503 and the drink offering 5262 is cut off 3772 8717 from the house 1004 of the LORD 3068; the priests 3548, the LORD'S 3068 ministers 8334 8764, mourn 56 8804.

1:10 The field 7704 is wasted 7703 8795, the land 127 mourneth 56 8804; for the corn 1715 is wasted 7703 8795: the new wine 8492 is dried up 3001 8689, the oil 3323 languisheth 535 8797.

1:11 Be ye ashamed 3001 8685, O ye husbandmen 406; howl 3213 8685, O ye vinedressers 3755, for the wheat 2406 and for the barley 8184; because the harvest 7105 of the field 7704 is perished 6 8804.

1:12 The vine 1612 is dried up 3001 8689, and the fig tree 8384 languisheth 535 8797; the pomegranate 7416 tree, the palm tree 8558 also, and the apple tree 8598, [even] all the trees 6086 of the field 7704, are withered 3001 8804: because joy 8342 is withered away 3001 8689 from the sons 1121 of men 120.

1:13 Gird 2296 8798 yourselves, and lament 5594 8798, ye priests 3548: howl 3213 8685, ye ministers 8334 8764 of the altar 4196: come 935 8798, lie all night 3885 8798 in sackcloth 8242, ye ministers 8334 8764 of my God 430: for the meat offering 4503 and the drink offering 5262 is withholden 4513 8738 from the house 1004 of your God 430.

1:14 Sanctify 6942 8761 ye a fast 6685, call 7121 8798 a solemn assembly 6116, gather 622 8798 the elders 2205 [and] all the inhabitants 3427 8802 of the land 776 [into] the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 your God 430, and cry 2199 8798 unto the LORD 3068,(solemn…: or, day of restraint)

1:15 Alas 162 for the day 3117! for the day 3117 of the LORD 3068 [is] at hand 7138, and as a destruction 7701 from the Almighty 7706 shall it come 935 8799.

1:16 Is not the meat 400 cut off 3772 8738 before our eyes 5869, [yea], joy 8057 and gladness 1524 from the house 1004 of our God 430?

1:17 The seed 6507 is rotten 5685 8804 under their clods 4053, the garners 214 are laid desolate 8074 8738, the barns 4460 are broken down 2040 8738; for the corn 1715 is withered 3001 8689.(seed: Heb. grains)

1:18 How do the beasts 929 groan 584 8737! the herds 5739 of cattle 1241 are perplexed 943 8738, because they have no pasture 4829; yea, the flocks 5739 of sheep 6629 are made desolate 816 8738.

1:19 O LORD 3068, to thee will I cry 7121 8799: for the fire 784 hath devoured 398 8804 the pastures 4999 of the wilderness 4057, and the flame 3852 hath burned 3857 8765 all the trees 6086 of the field 7704.(pastures: or, habitations)