The word <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> that came to Joel <H3100> the son <H1121> of Pethuel. <H6602>
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Hear <H8085> this, ye old men, <H2205> and give ear, <H0238> all ye inhabitants <H3427> of the land. <H0776> Hath this been in your days, <H3117> or <H0518> even in the days <H3117> of your fathers? <H0001>
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Tell <H5608> ye your children <H1121> of it, and [let] your children <H1121> [tell] their children, <H1121> and their children <H1121> another <H0312> generation. <H1755>
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That which the palmerworm <H1501> hath left <H3499> hath the locust <H0697> eaten; <H0398> and that which the locust <H0697> hath left <H3499> hath the cankerworm <H3218> eaten; <H0398> and that which the cankerworm <H3218> hath left <H3499> hath the caterpiller <H2625> eaten. <H0398>
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Awake, <H6974> ye drunkards, <H7910> and weep; <H1058> and howl, <H3213> all ye drinkers <H8354> of wine, <H3196> because of the new wine; <H6071> for it is cut off <H3772> from your mouth. <H6310>
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For a nation <H1471> is come up <H5927> upon my land, <H0776> strong, <H6099> and without number, <H4557> whose teeth <H8127> [are] the teeth <H8127> of a lion, <H0738> and he hath the cheek teeth <H4973> of a great lion. <H3833>
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He hath laid <H7760> my vine <H1612> waste, <H8047> and barked <H7111> my fig tree: <H8384> he hath made it clean <H2834> bare, <H2834> and cast [it] away; <H7993> the branches <H8299> thereof are made white. <H3835>
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Lament <H0421> like a virgin <H1330> girded <H2296> with sackcloth <H8242> for the husband <H1167> of her youth. <H5271>
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The meat offering <H4503> and the drink offering <H5262> is cut off <H3772> from the house <H1004> of the LORD; <H3068> the priests, <H3548> the LORD'S <H3068> ministers, <H8334> mourn. <H0056>
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The field <H7704> is wasted, <H7703> the land <H0127> mourneth; <H0056> for the corn <H1715> is wasted: <H7703> the new wine <H8492> is dried up, <H3001> the oil <H3323> languisheth. <H0535>
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Be ye ashamed, <H3001> O ye husbandmen; <H0406> howl, <H3213> O ye vinedressers, <H3755> for the wheat <H2406> and for the barley; <H8184> because the harvest <H7105> of the field <H7704> is perished. <H0006>
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The vine <H1612> is dried up, <H3001> and the fig tree <H8384> languisheth; <H0535> the pomegranate tree, <H7416> the palm tree <H8558> also, and the apple tree, <H8598> [even] all the trees <H6086> of the field, <H7704> are withered: <H3001> because joy <H8342> is withered away <H3001> from the sons <H1121> of men. <H0120>
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Gird <H2296> yourselves, and lament, <H5594> ye priests: <H3548> howl, <H3213> ye ministers <H8334> of the altar: <H4196> come, <H0935> lie all night <H3885> in sackcloth, <H8242> ye ministers <H8334> of my God: <H0430> for the meat offering <H4503> and the drink offering <H5262> is withholden <H4513> from the house <H1004> of your God. <H0430>
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Sanctify <H6942> ye a fast, <H6685> call <H7121> a solemn assembly, <H6116> gather <H0622> the elders <H2205> [and] all the inhabitants <H3427> of the land <H0776> [into] the house <H1004> of the LORD <H3068> your God, <H0430> and cry <H2199> unto the LORD, <H3068>
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Alas <H0162> for the day! <H3117> for the day <H3117> of the LORD <H3068> [is] at hand, <H7138> and as a destruction <H7701> from the Almighty <H7706> shall it come. <H0935>
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Is not the meat <H0400> cut off <H3772> before our eyes, <H5869> [yea], joy <H8057> and gladness <H1524> from the house <H1004> of our God? <H0430>
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The seed <H6507> is rotten <H5685> under their clods, <H4053> the garners <H0214> are laid desolate, <H8074> the barns <H4460> are broken down; <H2040> for the corn <H1715> is withered. <H3001>
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How do the beasts <H0929> groan! <H0584> the herds <H5739> of cattle <H1241> are perplexed, <H0943> because they have no pasture; <H4829> yea, the flocks <H5739> of sheep <H6629> are made desolate. <H0816>
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O LORD, <H3068> to thee will I cry: <H7121> for the fire <H0784> hath devoured <H0398> the pastures <H4999> of the wilderness, <H4057> and the flame <H3852> hath burned <H3857> all the trees <H6086> of the field. <H7704>
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The beasts <H0929> of the field <H7704> cry <H6165> also unto thee: for the rivers <H0650> of waters <H4325> are dried up, <H3001> and the fire <H0784> hath devoured <H0398> the pastures <H4999> of the wilderness. <H4057>