My LORD’s BibleJoel 1
1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל־יֹואֵל בֶּן־פְּתוּאֵל׃ (1400)
2Hear 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?
שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת הַזְּקֵנִים וְהַאֲזִינוּ כֹּל יֹושְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הֶהָיְתָה זֹּאת בִּימֵיכֶם וְאִם בִּימֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם׃ (3332)
See also: Joel 2:2, Hosea 5:1, Job 8:8, Jeremiah 30:7, Deuteronomy 4:32, Jeremiah 28:8, Matthew 24:21, Exodus 10:14, Job 12:12, Job 15:10, Job 21:7, Psalms 49:1, Isaiah 7:17, Isaiah 34:1, Jeremiah 5:21, Jeremiah 13:15, Daniel 12:1, Hosea 4:1, Joel 1:14, Amos 3:1
3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
עָלֶיהָ לִבְנֵיכֶם סַפֵּרוּ וּבְנֵיכֶם לִבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֵיהֶם לְדֹור אַחֵר׃ (1440)
See also: Deuteronomy 6:7, Psalms 78:4, Exodus 10:2, Psalms 71:18, Psalms 145:4, Exodus 13:14, Psalms 78:3-8, Psalms 78:6, Exodus 10:1-2, Joshua 4:21-22, Psalms 44:1, Isaiah 38:19, Joshua 4:6-7, Psalms 48:13, Jeremiah 2:3, Hosea 9:2
4That 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.
יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם אָכַל הָאַרְבֶּה וְיֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה אָכַל הַיָּלֶק וְיֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק אָכַל הֶחָסִיל׃ (2879)
See also: Joel 2:25, Amos 4:9, Exodus 10:4, Psalms 78:46, Isaiah 33:4, Amos 7:1, Deuteronomy 28:38, Psalms 105:34, Malachi 3:11, Exodus 10:12-15, 2 Chronicles 7:13, Jeremiah 51:14, Nahum 3:15, Revelation 9:3-7, Exodus 10:5, 1 Kings 8:37, 2 Chronicles 6:28, Jeremiah 51:27, Deuteronomy 28:16, 1 Samuel 6:5
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
הָקִיצוּ שִׁכֹּורִים וּבְכוּ וְהֵילִלוּ כָּל־שֹׁתֵי יָיִן עַל־עָסִיס כִּי נִכְרַת מִפִּיכֶם׃ (2928)
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:34, James 5:1, Luke 21:34-36, Proverbs 23:21, Isaiah 32:10-12, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 17:11, Isaiah 24:7-11, Jeremiah 4:8, Ezekiel 30:2, Joel 1:10, Amos 6:3-7, Proverbs 23:34, Jeremiah 48:33, Joel 1:11, Joel 1:13, Joel 1:16, Joel 3:3, Amos 8:3, Zephaniah 1:11
6For 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.
כִּי־גֹוי עָלָה עַל־אַרְצִי עָצוּם וְאֵין מִסְפָּר שִׁנָּיו שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה וּמְתַלְּעֹות לָבִיא לֹו׃ (3181)
See also: Joel 2:2, Revelation 9:8, Joel 2:25, Proverbs 30:27, Proverbs 30:14, Isaiah 8:8, Revelation 9:7-10, Exodus 10:15, Psalms 107:34, Proverbs 30:25-27, Isaiah 32:13, Hosea 9:3
7He 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.
שָׂם גַּפְנִי לְשַׁמָּה וּתְאֵנָתִי לִקְצָפָה חָשֹׂף חֲשָׂפָהּ וְהִשְׁלִיךְ הִלְבִּינוּ שָׂרִיגֶיהָ׃ (3813)
See also: Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 8:13, Amos 4:9, Joel 1:12, Exodus 10:15, Psalms 105:33, Isaiah 24:7, Hosea 2:12, Habakkuk 3:17, Isaiah 32:10, Jeremiah 2:3, Malachi 3:11
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
אֱלִי כִּבְתוּלָה חֲגֻרַת־שַׂק עַל־בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ׃ (2058)
See also: Joel 1:13, Isaiah 22:12, Lamentations 1:4, Malachi 2:15, Deuteronomy 28:16, Isaiah 3:24, James 5:1, Psalms 69:11, Proverbs 2:17, Isaiah 24:7-12, Isaiah 32:11, Jeremiah 3:4, Jeremiah 9:17-19, Lamentations 2:10, Joel 2:12-14, Amos 5:16, Amos 8:10, Micah 2:4, James 4:8-9
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
הָכְרַת מִנְחָה וָנֶסֶךְ מִבֵּית יְהוָה אָבְלוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים מְשָׁרְתֵי יְהוָה׃ (2487)
See also: Joel 2:14, Joel 2:17, Hosea 9:4, Joel 1:13, Isaiah 61:6, Lamentations 1:16, Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:13, Numbers 6:15, Numbers 15:9, Numbers 28:7, Numbers 29:22, 2 Samuel 1:21, 2 Chronicles 13:10, Lamentations 1:4, Hosea 9:2, Joel 1:16, Amos 1:2, Exodus 28:1, Leviticus 2:1
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
שֻׁדַּד שָׂדֶה אָבְלָה אֲדָמָה כִּי שֻׁדַּד דָּגָן הֹובִישׁ תִּירֹושׁ אֻמְלַל יִצְהָר׃ (2745)
See also: Habakkuk 3:17, Haggai 1:6, Hosea 4:3, Jeremiah 12:11, Hosea 9:2, Joel 1:12, Ruth 1:1, Isaiah 15:6, Isaiah 24:7, Jeremiah 12:4, Joel 1:5, Genesis 47:13, Leviticus 26:20, Psalms 107:37, Jeremiah 4:28, Jeremiah 8:13, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 14:2-6, Jeremiah 23:10, Jeremiah 48:33
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
הֹבִישׁוּ אִכָּרִים הֵילִילוּ כֹּרְמִים עַל־חִטָּה וְעַל־שְׂעֹרָה כִּי אָבַד קְצִיר שָׂדֶה׃ (2544)
See also: Jeremiah 14:3-4, Jeremiah 14:4, Amos 5:16, Isaiah 17:11, James 5:1, 2 Chronicles 6:28, Jeremiah 9:12, Jeremiah 50:16, Ezekiel 30:2, Isaiah 13:6, Joel 1:5, Amos 8:3, Romans 5:5
12The 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.
הַגֶּפֶן הֹובִישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָה אֻמְלָלָה רִמֹּון גַּם־תָּמָר וְתַפּוּחַ כָּל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יָבֵשׁוּ כִּי־הֹבִישׁ שָׂשֹׂון מִן־בְּנֵי אָדָם׃ (4570)
See also: Isaiah 16:10, Isaiah 24:11, Jonah 4:7, Song of Solomon 2:3, Hosea 9:1-2, Joel 1:7, Joel 1:10, Joel 1:16, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Numbers 13:23, Psalms 4:7, Psalms 92:12, Song of Solomon 4:13, Song of Solomon 7:7-9, Isaiah 9:3, Jeremiah 48:3, Jeremiah 48:33, Haggai 2:19, Isaiah 32:10, Malachi 3:11
13Gird 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.
חִגְרוּ וְסִפְדוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים הֵילִילוּ מְשָׁרְתֵי מִזְבֵּחַ בֹּאוּ לִינוּ בַשַּׂקִּים מְשָׁרְתֵי אֱלֹהָי כִּי נִמְנַע מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מִנְחָה וָנָסֶךְ׃ (4191)
See also: Jeremiah 4:8, Isaiah 22:12, Joel 1:8-9, 1 Kings 21:27, Jeremiah 9:10, Ezekiel 7:18, Daniel 9:3, Joel 1:9, Joel 2:17, Jonah 3:5-8, Leviticus 2:8-10, Numbers 29:6, 2 Samuel 12:16, Nehemiah 9:1, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 61:6, Ezekiel 21:12, Hosea 9:5, Joel 2:14, 1 Corinthians 4:1
14Sanctify 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,
קַדְּשׁוּ־צֹום קִרְאוּ עֲצָרָה אִסְפוּ זְקֵנִים כֹּל יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְזַעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה׃ (3030)
See also: Ezra 8:21, Joel 2:15-16, Zephaniah 2:1, Leviticus 23:36, Deuteronomy 29:10-11, 2 Chronicles 20:3-4, 2 Chronicles 20:13, Jonah 3:8, 2 Kings 10:20, Jonah 3:5, Numbers 10:2, Nehemiah 9:2-3, Judges 20:18, Judges 20:26, 2 Samuel 12:22, Nehemiah 8:18, Isaiah 1:13, Joel 2:16, Leviticus 23:2, 2 Chronicles 7:9
15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
אֲהָהּ לַיֹּום כִּי קָרֹוב יֹום יְהוָה וּכְשֹׁד מִשַׁדַּי יָבֹוא׃ (1220)
See also: Joel 2:1, Amos 5:18, Isaiah 13:6, Jeremiah 30:7, Zephaniah 1:14-18, Ezekiel 7:2-12, 2 Peter 3:10, Jeremiah 4:20, Obadiah 1:15, Revelation 18:10, Jeremiah 46:10, Ezekiel 30:3, Joel 2:11, Joel 2:31, James 5:9, Revelation 6:17, Psalms 37:13, Ezekiel 6:11, Ezekiel 13:5, Joel 3:14
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
הֲלֹוא נֶגֶד עֵינֵינוּ אֹכֶל נִכְרָת מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה וָגִיל׃ (1972)
See also: Habakkuk 3:17, Jeremiah 3:3, Ruth 1:1, Joel 1:12, Deuteronomy 12:6-7, Psalms 43:4, Psalms 105:3, Deuteronomy 12:11-12, Deuteronomy 16:10-15, Isaiah 3:7, Isaiah 62:8-9, Jeremiah 48:33, Joel 1:5-9, Joel 1:9, Joel 1:13, Joel 2:14, Amos 1:2, Amos 4:6-7
17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
עָבְשׁוּ פְרֻדֹות תַּחַת מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם נָשַׁמּוּ אֹצָרֹות נֶהֶרְסוּ מַמְּגֻרֹות כִּי הֹבִישׁ דָּגָן׃ (5161)
See also: Jeremiah 14:4, Malachi 2:3, Genesis 7:21, Genesis 23:16, Isaiah 5:10, Isaiah 17:10-11, Isaiah 19:7, Joel 1:10
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
מַה־נֶּאֶנְחָה בְהֵמָה נָבֹכוּ עֶדְרֵי בָקָר כִּי אֵין מִרְעֶה לָהֶם גַּם־עֶדְרֵי הַצֹּאן נֶאְשָׁמוּ׃ (2226)
See also: Jeremiah 12:4, Hosea 4:3, Jonah 3:7, Joel 2:22, Romans 8:20, 2 Samuel 21:10, 1 Kings 18:5, Jeremiah 14:5-6, Jeremiah 14:6, Haggai 1:10, Job 6:5, Psalms 104:21, Joel 1:20, Romans 8:22, Deuteronomy 11:15, Job 36:33, Ezekiel 26:17
19O 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.
אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה אֶקְרָא כִּי אֵשׁ אָכְלָה נְאֹות מִדְבָּר וְלֶהָבָה לִהֲטָה כָּל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה׃ (2110)
See also: Psalms 50:15, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 14:4, Joel 2:3, Amos 7:4, Micah 7:7, Psalms 91:15, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Luke 18:7, Luke 18:1, Philippians 4:6-7
20The 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.
גַּם־בַּהֲמֹות שָׂדֶה תַּעֲרֹוג אֵלֶיךָ כִּי יָבְשׁוּ אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה נְאֹות הַמִּדְבָּר׃ (3255)
See also: Psalms 104:21, 1 Kings 17:7, 1 Kings 18:5, Job 38:41, Psalms 145:15, Psalms 147:9, Psalms 107:33, Jeremiah 14:3, Joel 1:18