New King James Version (Tinasha LaRaye)

New King James Version (Simon Bubb)

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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Acts 2:16</span></span><span class="content">Joel the son of Pethuel.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">The Land Laid Waste</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear this, you elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Jer. 30:7; Joel 2:2</span></span><span class="content">Has </span><span class="it"><span class="content">anything</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">like</span></span><span class="content"> this happened in your days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">Or even in the days of your fathers?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ex. 10:2; Ps. 78:4; Is. 38:19</span></span><span class="content">Tell your children about it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="it"><span class="content">Let</span></span><span class="content"> your children </span><span class="it"><span class="content">tell</span></span><span class="content"> their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">And their children another generation.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Deut. 28:38; Joel 2:25; Amos 4:9</span></span><span class="content">What the chewing locust left, the </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 33:4</span></span><span class="content">swarming locust has eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Awake, you </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 5:11; 28:1; Hos. 7:5</span></span><span class="content">drunkards, and weep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">And wail, all you drinkers of wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">Because of the new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 32:10</span></span><span class="content">For it has been cut off from your mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 30:25; Joel 2:2, 11, 25</span></span><span class="content">a nation has come up against My land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">Strong, and without number;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Rev. 9:8</span></span><span class="content">His teeth </span><span class="it"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the teeth of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">And he has the fangs of a fierce lion.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He has </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 5:6; Amos 4:9</span></span><span class="content">laid waste My vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">And ruined My fig tree;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">He has stripped it bare and thrown </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">Its branches are made white.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 22:12</span></span><span class="content">Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 2:17; Jer. 3:4</span></span><span class="content">the husband of her youth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Hos. 9:4; Joel 1:13; 2:14</span></span><span class="content">The grain offering and the drink offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">Have been cut off from the house of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">The priests </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Joel 2:17</span></span><span class="content">mourn, who minister to the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The field is wasted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Jer. 12:11; Hos. 3:4</span></span><span class="content">The land mourns;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">For the grain is ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 24:7</span></span><span class="content">The new wine is dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">The oil fails.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Jer. 14:3, 4; Amos 5:16</span></span><span class="content">Be ashamed, you farmers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">Wail, you vinedressers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">For the wheat and the barley;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">Because the harvest of the field has perished.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Joel 1:10; Hab. 3:17</span></span><span class="content">The vine has dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">And the fig tree has withered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">The pomegranate tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">The palm tree also,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">And the apple tree&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">All the trees of the field are withered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">Surely </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 16:10; 24:11; Jer. 48:33</span></span><span class="content">joy has withered away from the sons of men.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Mourning for the Land</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Jer. 4:8; Ezek. 7:18</span></span><span class="content">Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">Wail, you who minister before the altar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">Come, lie all night in sackcloth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">You who minister to my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">For the grain offering and the drink offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">Are withheld from the house of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">2 Chr. 20:3; Joel 2:15, 16</span></span><span class="content">Consecrate a fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">Call </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Lev. 23:36</span></span><span class="content">a sacred assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">Gather the elders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="it"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">2 Chr. 20:13</span></span><span class="content">all the inhabitants of the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="it"><span class="content">Into</span></span><span class="content"> the house of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">And cry out to the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">(Is. 13:9; Jer. 30:7); Amos 5:16</span></span><span class="content">Alas for the day!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 13:6; Ezek. 7:2&#8211;12</span></span><span class="content">the day of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> at hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Is not the food </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 3:1; Amos 4:6</span></span><span class="content">cut off before our eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Deut. 12:7; Ps. 43:4</span></span><span class="content">Joy and gladness from the house of our God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seed shrivels under the clods,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">Storehouses are in shambles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">Barns are broken down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">For the grain has withered.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">How </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">1 Kin. 8:5; Jer. 12:4; 14:5, 6; Hos. 4:3</span></span><span class="content">the animals groan!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">The herds of cattle are restless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">Because they have no pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">(Ps. 50:15); Mic. 7:7</span></span><span class="content">to You I cry out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Jer. 9:10; Amos 7:4</span></span><span class="content">fire has devoured the open pastures,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The beasts of the field also </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Job 38:41; Ps. 104:21; 147:9; Joel 1:18</span></span><span class="content">cry out to You,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">1 Kin. 17:7; 18:5</span></span><span class="content">the water brooks are dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">And fire has devoured the open pastures.</span></span></div>
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The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Hear this, you elders,
And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land!
Has anything like this happened in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers?
Tell your children about it,
Let your children tell their children,
And their children another generation.
What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten;
What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten;
And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.
Awake, you drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
For it has been cut off from your mouth.
For a nation has come up against My land,
Strong, and without number;
His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a fierce lion.
He has laid waste My vine,
And ruined My fig tree;
He has stripped it bare and thrown it away;
Its branches are made white.
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the husband of her youth.
The grain offering and the drink offering
Have been cut off from the house of the LORD;
The priests mourn, who minister to the LORD.
The field is wasted,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The oil fails.
Be ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
The vine has dried up,
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.

Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the LORD your God,
And cry out to the LORD.
Alas for the day!
For the day of the LORD is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Is not the food cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The seed shrivels under the clods,
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.
How the animals groan!
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
O LORD, to You I cry out;
For fire has devoured the open pastures,
And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
The beasts of the field also cry out to You,
For the water brooks are dried up,
And fire has devoured the open pastures.

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