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Joel 1
Chapter Reading
Joel 1
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1This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
2Hear this, O elders;
3Tell it to your children;
4What the devouring locust has left,
5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
6For a nation has invaded My land,
7It has laid waste My grapevine
8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,
9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off
10The field is ruined;
11Be dismayed, O farmers,
12The grapevine is dried up,
(Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)
13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;
14Consecrate a fast;
15Alas for the day!
16Has not the food been cut off
17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;
18How the cattle groan!
19To You, O LORD, I call,
20Even the beasts of the field pant for You,
2Hear this, O elders;
3Tell it to your children;
4What the devouring locust has left,
5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
6For a nation has invaded My land,
7It has laid waste My grapevine
8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,
9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off
10The field is ruined;
11Be dismayed, O farmers,
12The grapevine is dried up,
(Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)
13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;
14Consecrate a fast;
15Alas for the day!
16Has not the food been cut off
17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;
18How the cattle groan!
19To You, O LORD, I call,
20Even the beasts of the field pant for You,
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