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|Joël 1:1|The word of the LORD that came to1 Joel, the son of Pethuel.
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The Devastation of Locusts
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|Joël 1:2|Hear this, O elders, Listen closely, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing as this occurred in your days, Or even in the days of your fathers?
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|Joël 1:3|Tell your children about it, And let your children tell their children, And their children the next generation.
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|Joël 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 [in judgment of Judah] .
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|Joël 1:5|Awake [from your intoxication] , you drunkards, and weep;Wail, all you drinkers of wine, Because of the [fresh] sweet wineThat is cut off from your mouth.
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|Joël 1:6|For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land[like locusts] ,Mighty and without number; Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the fangs of a lioness.
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|Joël 1:7|It has made My vine (My people) a waste and object of horror, And splintered and broken My fig tree. It has stripped them completely bare and thrown them away; Their branches have become white.
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|Joël 1:8|Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with2 sackclothFor the bridegroom of her youth [who has died] .
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|Joël 1:9|The [daily] grain offering and the drink offering are cut offFrom the house of the LORD; The priests mourn Who minister to the LORD.
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|Joël 1:10|The field is ruined, The ground mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The fresh oil fails.
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