The word
of the LORD
that came to Joel
the son
of Pethuel.
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?
Tell
ye your children
of it, and let your children
tell their children,
and their children
another
generation.
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.
caterpillar
κάμπης
kampēs
locust
βροῦχος
brouchos
locust
βρούχου
brouchou
rust
ἐρυσίβη
erysibē
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
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.
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.
breaking
συγκλασμόν
synklasmon
Lament
like a virgin
girded
with sackcloth
for the husband
of her youth.
The meat offering
and the drink offering
is cut off
from the house
of the LORD;
the priests,
the LORD'S
ministers,
mourn.
The field
is wasted,
the land
mourneth;
for the corn
is wasted:
the new wine
is dried up,
the oil
languisheth.
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
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.
diminish
ὠλιγώθησαν
ōligōthēsan
pomegranate
ῥόα
rhoa
apple
μῆλον
mēlon
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.
sleep
ὑπνώσατε
hypnōsate
drink-offering
σπονδή
spondē
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,
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 the meat
cut off
before our eyes,
yea, joy
and gladness
from the house
of our God?
The seed
is rotten
under their clods,
the garners
are laid desolate,
the barns
are broken down;
for the corn
is withered.
How do the beasts
groan!
the herds
of cattle
are perplexed,
because they have no pasture;
yea, the flocks
of sheep
are made desolate.
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.
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.
