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111 lines
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# Chapter 1
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1. The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
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A Plague of Locusts
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2. Hear this, you elders;
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listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
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Has anything like this ever happened in your days
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or in the days of your ancestors?
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3. Tell your children about it,
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and let your children tell their children,
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and their children the next generation.
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4. What the devouring locust has left,
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the swarming locust has eaten;
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what the swarming locust has left,
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the young locust has eaten;
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and what the young locust has left,
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the destroying locust has eaten.
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5. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
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wail, all you wine drinkers,
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because of the sweet wine,
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for it has been taken from your mouth.
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6. For a nation has invaded my land,
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powerful and without number;
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its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
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and it has the fangs of a lioness.
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7. It has devastated my grapevine
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and splintered my fig tree.
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It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away;
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its branches have turned white.
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8. Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,
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mourning for the husband of her youth.
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9. Grain and drink offerings have been cut off
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from the house of the Lord;
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the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.
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10. The fields are destroyed;
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the land grieves;
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indeed, the grain is destroyed;
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the new wine is dried up;
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and the fresh oil fails.
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11. Be ashamed, you farmers,
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wail, you vinedressers,
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over the wheat and the barley,
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because the harvest of the field has perished.
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12. The grapevine is dried up,
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and the fig tree is withered;
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the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple--
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all the trees of the orchard--have withered.
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Indeed, human joy has dried up.
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13. Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests;
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wail, you ministers of the altar.
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Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
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you ministers of my God,
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because grain and drink offerings
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are withheld from the house of your God.
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14. Announce a sacred fast;
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proclaim a solemn assembly!
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Gather the elders
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and all the residents of the land
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at the house of the Lord your God,
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and cry out to the Lord.
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The Day of the Lord
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15. Woe because of that day!
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For the day of the Lord is near
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and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
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16. Hasn't the food been cut off
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before our eyes,
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joy and gladness
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from the house of our God?
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17. The seeds lie shriveled in their casings.
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The storehouses are in ruin,
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and the granaries are broken down,
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because the grain has withered away.
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18. How the animals groan!
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The herds of cattle wander in confusion
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since they have no pasture.
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Even the flocks of sheep and goats suffer punishment.
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19. I call to you, Lord,
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for fire has consumed
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the pastures of the wilderness,
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and flames have devoured
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all the trees of the orchard.
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20. Even the wild animals cry out to you,
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for the river beds are dried up,
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and fire has consumed
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the pastures of the wilderness.
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