Joel 1
1The יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh). word 1
2Hear 2 and listen, all you inhabitants of the land! 1 Has this ever happened in your days, 2 or in the days of your fathers? 1
3Tell 2 and have your children tell their children, 2 and their children, another generation. 1
4What 2 What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. 2 What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten. 1
5Wake 2 Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, 2 for it is cut off from your mouth. 1
6For 2 His teeth are the teeth of a lion, 2 and he has the fangs of a lioness. 1
7He 2 and stripped my fig tree. 2 He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. 2 Its branches are made white. 1
8Mourn 2 for the husband of her youth! 1
9The 2 The priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn. 1
10The 2 The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, 2 The new wine has dried up, 2 and the oil languishes. 1
11Be 2 Wail, you vineyard keepers, 2 for the wheat and for the barley; 2 for the harvest of the field has perished. 1
12The 2 the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, 2 even all of the trees of the field are withered; 2 for joy has withered away from the sons of men. 1
13Put 2 Wail, you ministers of the altar. 1 Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, + 1:13 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “ אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). 2 for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house. 1
14Sanctify 2 Call a solemn assembly. 2 Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD, your God, 2 and cry to the LORD. 1
15Alas for 2 For the day of the LORD is at hand, 2 and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. 1
16Isn’t the 2 joy and gladness from the house of our God? 1
17The 2 The granaries are laid desolate. 2 The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered. 1
18How 2 The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. 2 Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 1
19LORD 2 for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, 2 and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. 1
20Yes 2 for the water brooks have dried up, 2 and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.