1	The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
			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?
			3	Tell# ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
			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# . [That which the palmerworm...: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm]
			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.
			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.
			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# . [barked...: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking]
			8	Lament# like a virgin girded# with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
			9	The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off# from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers# , mourn# .
			10	The field is wasted# , the land mourneth# ; for the corn is wasted# : the new wine is dried up# , the oil languisheth# .
			11	Be ye ashamed# , O ye husbandmen; howl# , O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished# .
			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.
			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 withholden# from the house of your God.
			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# unto the LORD, [solemn...: or, day of restraint]
			15	Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come# .
			16	Is not the meat cut off# before our eyes, yea , joy and gladness from the house of our God?
			17	The seed is rotten# under their clods, the garners are laid desolate# , the barns are broken down# ; for the corn is withered# . [seed: Heb. grains]
			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# .
			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. [pastures: or, habitations]
			20	The beasts of the field cry# also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up# , and the fire hath devoured# the pastures of the wilderness.