<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3100">Joel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6602">Pethuel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="2063">this</s>, ye old <sn="2205">men</s>, and give <sn="238">ear</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> ye <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. Hath <sn="2063">this</s><sn="1961">been</s> in your <sn="3117">days</s>, or <sn="518">even</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s>? </v>
<vn='3'><sn="5608">Tell</s> ye your <sn="1121">children</s><sn="5921">of</s> it, and let your <sn="1121">children</s> tell their <sn="1121">children</s>, and their <sn="1121">children</s><sn="312">another</s><sn="1755">generation</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>That which the <sn="1501">palmerworm</s> hath <sn="3499">left</s> hath the <sn="697">locust</s><sn="398">eaten</s>; and that which the <sn="697">locust</s> hath <sn="3499">left</s> hath the <sn="3218">cankerworm</s><sn="398">eaten</s>; and that which the <sn="3218">cankerworm</s> hath <sn="3499">left</s> hath the <sn="2625">caterpillar</s><sn="398">eaten</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="6974">Awake</s>, ye <sn="7910">drunkards</s>, and <sn="1058">weep</s>; and <sn="3213">howl</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> ye <sn="8354">drinkers</s> of <sn="3196">wine</s>, because <sn="5921">of</s> the new <sn="6071">wine</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> it is cut <sn="3772">off</s> from your <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s> is come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="6099">strong</s>, and <sn="369">without</s><sn="4557">number</s>, whose <sn="8127">teeth</s> are the <sn="8127">teeth</s> of a <sn="738">lion</s>, and he hath the cheek <sn="4973">teeth</s> of a great <sn="3833">lion</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>He hath <sn="7760">laid</s> my <sn="1612">vine</s><sn="8047">waste</s>, and <sn="7111">barked</s> my fig <sn="8384">tree</s>: he hath made it clean <sn="2834 2834">bare</s>, and cast it <sn="7993">away</s>; the <sn="8299">branches</s> thereof are made <sn="3835">white</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="421">Lament</s> like a <sn="1330">virgin</s><sn="2296">girded</s> with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s><sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="1167">husband</s> of her <sn="5271">youth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>The meat <sn="4503">offering</s> and the drink <sn="5262">offering</s> is cut <sn="3772">off</s> from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; the <sn="3548">priests</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="8334">ministers</s>, <sn="56">mourn</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="7704">field</s> is <sn="7703">wasted</s>, the <sn="127">land</s><sn="56">mourneth</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1715">corn</s> is <sn="7703">wasted</s>: the new <sn="8492">wine</s> is dried <sn="3001">up</s>, the <sn="3323">oil</s><sn="535">languisheth</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Be ye <sn="954">ashamed</s>, O ye <sn="406">husbandmen</s>; <sn="3213">howl</s>, O ye <sn="3755">vinedressers</s>, <sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="2406">wheat</s> and <sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="8184">barley</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="7105">harvest</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> is <sn="6">perished</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="1612">vine</s> is dried <sn="3001">up</s>, and the fig <sn="8384">tree</s><sn="535">languisheth</s>; the pomegranate <sn="7416">tree</s>, the palm <sn="8558">tree</s><sn="1571">also</s>, and the apple <sn="8598">tree</s>, even <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, are <sn="3001">withered</s>: <sn="3588">because</s><sn="8342">joy</s> is withered <sn="3001">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2296">Gird</s> yourselves, and <sn="5594">lament</s>, ye <sn="3548">priests</s>: <sn="3213">howl</s>, ye <sn="8334">ministers</s> of the <sn="4196">altar</s>: <sn="935">come</s>, lie all <sn="3885">night</s> in <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, ye <sn="8334">ministers</s> of my <sn="430">God</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the meat <sn="4503">offering</s> and the drink <sn="5262">offering</s> is <sn="4513">withheld</s> from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of your <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="6942">Sanctify</s> ye a <sn="6685">fast</s>, <sn="7121">call</s> a solemn <sn="6116">assembly</s>, <sn="622">gather</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="2199">cry</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, </v>
<vn='15'><sn="162">Alas</s> for the <sn="3117">day</s>! <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is at <sn="7138">hand</s>, and as a <sn="7701">destruction</s> from the <sn="4480 7706">Almighty</s> shall it <sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Is <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="400">meat</s> cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="5048">before</s> our <sn="5869">eyes</s>, yea, <sn="8057">joy</s> and <sn="1524">gladness</s> from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>? </v>
<vn='17'>The <sn="6507">seed</s> is <sn="5685">rotten</s><sn="8478">under</s> their <sn="4053">clods</s>, the <sn="214">garners</s> are laid <sn="8074">desolate</s>, the <sn="4460">barns</s> are broken <sn="2040">down</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1715">corn</s> is <sn="3001">withered</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="4100">How</s> do the <sn="929">beasts</s><sn="584">groan</s>! the <sn="5739">herds</s> of <sn="1241">cattle</s> are <sn="943">perplexed</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they have <sn="369">no</s><sn="4829">pasture</s>; <sn="1571">yea</s>, the <sn="5739">flocks</s> of <sn="6629">sheep</s> are made <sn="816">desolate</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="413">to</s> thee will I <sn="7121">cry</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="784">fire</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s> the <sn="4999">pastures</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and the <sn="3852">flame</s> hath <sn="3857">burned</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>The <sn="929">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s><sn="6165">cry</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="650">rivers</s> of <sn="4325">waters</s> are dried <sn="3001">up</s>, and the <sn="784">fire</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s> the <sn="4999">pastures</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>