1:1 The word of the LORD 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 even in the days of your fathers? 
1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 

1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and {let} your children {tell} their children, and their children another generation. 
1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and {let} your children {tell} their children, and their children another 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 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. 

1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 
1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 

1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth {are} the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. 
1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth {are} the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. 

1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast {it} away; its branches are made white. 
1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath stripped it bare, and cast {it} away; its branches are made white. 

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

1:9 The meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. 
1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. 

1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted; the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 
1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the grain is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 

1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field hath perished. 
1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye farmers; wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field hath perished. 

1:12 The vine is dried up, 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: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. 
1:12 The vine is dried up, 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: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. 

1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat-offering and the drink-offering is withheld from the house of your God. 
1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: wail, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God. 

1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders {and} all the inhabitants of the land {into} the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD, 
1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders {and} all the inhabitants of the land {into} the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD, 

1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD {is} at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 
1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD {is} at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 

1:16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, {and} joy and gladness from the house of our God? 
1:16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, {and} joy and gladness from the house of our God? 

1:17 The seed hath perished under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. 
1:17 The seed hath perished under their clods, the storehouses are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered. 

1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 
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. 

1:19 O LORD, to thee will 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 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. 

1:20 The beasts of the field cry also to thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. 
1:20 The beasts of the field cry also to thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.