Joel 1

Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

or in the days of your fathers?

and their children, another generation.

What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.

for it is cut off from your mouth.

and he has the fangs of a lioness.

Its branches are made white.

Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.

and the oil languishes.

for the harvest of the field has perished.

for joy has withered away from the sons of men.

for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.

and cry to Yahweh.

and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.