1:1 The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
1:2 Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has [ anything like] this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days?

1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and (let) your children (tell) their children, and their children another generation.
1:3 Tell your sons about it, And [let] your sons [tell] their sons, And their sons the next generation.

1:4 That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
1:4 What 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.

1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
1:5 Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.

1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
1:6 For 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.

1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
1:7 It 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.

1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
1:8 Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.

1:9 The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.
1:9 The grain offering and the libation are cut off From the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, The ministers of the LORD.

1:10 The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
1:10 The field is ruined, The land mourns, For the grain is ruined, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails.

1:11 Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
1:11 Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

1:12 The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.
1:12 The 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.

1:13 Gird yourselves (with sackcloth), and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.
1:13 Gird 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 libation Are withheld from the house of your God.

1:14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men (and) all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
1:14 Consecrate 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.

1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
1:15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

1:16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, (yea), joy and gladness from the house of our God?
1:16 Has not food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and joy from the house of our God?

1:17 The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
1:17 The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.

1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
1:18 How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep suffer.

1:19 O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
1:19 To Thee, 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.

1:20 Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
1:20 Even the beasts of the field pant for Thee; For the water brooks are dried up, And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.