| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: | 1The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: |
| 2Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? | 2Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days? |
| 3Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. | 3Tell your sons about it, And let your sons tell their sons, And their sons the next generation. |
| 4What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten. | 4What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten; And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten. |
| 5Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. | 5Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth. |
| 6For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and beyond number; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness. | 6For a nation has invaded my land, Mighty and without number; Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the fangs of a lioness. |
| 7It has laid waste my vine and splintered my fig tree; it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down; their branches are made white. | 7It has made my vine a waste And my fig tree splinters. It has stripped them bare and cast them away; Their branches have become white. |
| 8Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth. | 8Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth. |
| 9The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, the ministers of the LORD. | 9The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off From the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, The ministers of the LORD. |
| 10The fields are destroyed, the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil languishes. | 10The field is ruined, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails. |
| 11Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. | 11Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed. |
| 12The vine dries up; the fig tree languishes. Pomegranate, palm, and apple, all the trees of the field are dried up, and gladness dries up from the children of man. | 12The vine dries up And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men. |
| 13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. | 13Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. |
| 14Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. | 14Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD. |
| 15Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes. | 15Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty. |
| 16Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? | 16Has not food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and joy from the house of our God? |
| 17The seed shrivels under the clods; the storehouses are desolate; the granaries are torn down because the grain has dried up. | 17The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up. |
| 18How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer. | 18How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep suffer. |
| 19To you, O LORD, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field. | 19To You, O LORD, I cry; For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field. |
| 20Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. | 20Even the beasts of the field pant for You; For the water brooks are dried up And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. |
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