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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 The worde of the Lorde that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel. The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
2 Heare ye this you elders, & hearken with your eares all you that dwel in this lande: was there euer such a thyng in your dayes, or in the dayes of your fathers? Hear 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? Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
3 Of this thyng tell your children, and let your children shewe it to their children, and their children to their posteritie afterwarde. Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
4 That which the caterpiller hath left the grashopper hath eaten, and what the grashopper left hath the canker worme eaten, and what the canker worme left the locust hath deuoured. What 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. What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten.
5 Awake ye drunkardes, & weepe, howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine: for it is cleane taken away from your mouth. Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.
6 For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, mightie and without number: his teeth are as the teeth of a lion, and he hath the iawes of a great lion. For 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. A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.
7 He hath destroyed my vine, & barked my figge tree, he hath pilled it and cast it from him, and hath left bowes therof whyte. It 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. It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white.
8 Lament as a virgin girded with sackcloth, for the husbande of her youth. Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth. Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
9 The meate offeryng and drinke offeryng is cut of from the house of the Lorde, the priestes I meane the Lordes ministers mourne. The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, the ministers of the LORD. Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
10 The fielde is wasted, the lande mourneth: for corne is destroyed, the newe wine is dryed vp, the oyle is vtterly taken away. The fields are destroyed, the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil languishes. The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails.
11 Be ye ashamed O ye husbandemen, howle O ye wine dressers for ye wheate and for the barly: for the haruest of the fielde is perished. Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
12 The wine is dryed vp, and the figge tree is decayed, the pomgranate tree, and the paulme, & the apple tree, euen all the trees of the fielde are withered vp: for ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men. The 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. The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy is withered away.
13 Girde your selues and lament O ye priestes, howle ye out ye ministers of the aulter, come and lye all night in sackcloth ye seruauntes of my God: for the meate and drynke offerynges are taken away from the house of your God. Put 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. Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Proclayme a fast, call a congregation, gather the elders together, with all the inhabitauntes of the lande vnto the house of the Lorde your God, and crye vnto the Lorde, Consecrate 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. Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
15 Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come. Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes. Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
16 Is not the meate cut of before our eyes, yea mirth and ioy from the house of our God? Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seede is rotte vnder their cloddes, the garners are destroyed, the barnes are ouerthrowen: for the corne is withered. The seed shrivels under the clods; the storehouses are desolate; the granaries are torn down because the grain has dried up. The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods. The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries have been broken down, for the grain has dried up.
18 O howe cattell mourne? the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture, and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed? How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer. How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
19 Unto thee O Lorde wyll I crye, for feare hath destroyed the fruitfull places of the desert, and the flambe hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde. To you, O LORD, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field. To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 The beastes also of the fielde crye out vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dryed vp, and fire hath deuoured vp the fruitfull places of the desert. Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.
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