1:1 The word of and barked my fig the LORD that tree: he hath came to Joel the made it clean son of Pethuel. bare, and cast 1:2 Hear this, [it] away; the ye old men, and branches thereof give ear, all ye are made white. inhabitants of 1:8 Lament like the land. Hath a virgin girded this been in your with sackcloth days, or even in for the husband the days of your of her youth. fathers? 1:9 The meat 1:3 Tell ye your offering and the children of it, drink offering is and [let] your cut off from the children [tell] house of the their children, LORD; the and their priests, the children another LORD'S ministers, generation. mourn. 1:4 That which 1:10 The field the palmerworm is wasted, the hath left hath land mourneth; the locust eaten; for the corn is and that which wasted: the new the locust hath wine is dried up, left hath the the oil cankerworm eaten; languisheth. and that which 1:11 Be ye the cankerworm ashamed, O ye hath left hath husbandmen; howl, the caterpillar O ye eaten. vinedressers, for 1:5 Awake, ye the wheat and for drunkards, and the barley; weep; and howl, because the all ye drinkers harvest of the of wine, because field is of the new wine, perished. for it is cut off 1:12 The vine is from your mouth. dried up, and the 1:6 For a nation fig tree is come up upon languisheth; the my land, strong, pomegranate tree, and without the palm tree number, whose also, and the teeth [are] the apple tree, teeth of a lion, [even] all the and he hath the trees of the cheek teeth of a field, are great lion. withered: because 1:7 He hath laid joy is withered my vine waste, away from the sons of men. because they have 1:13 Gird no pasture; yea, yourselves, and the flocks of lament, ye sheep are made priests: howl, ye desolate. ministers of the 1:19 O LORD, to altar: come, lie thee will I cry: all night in for the fire hath sackcloth, ye devoured the ministers of my pastures of the God: for the meat wilderness, and offering and the the flame hath drink offering is burned all the withholden from trees of the the house of your field. God. 1:20 The beasts 1:14 Sanctify ye of the field cry a fast, call a also unto thee: solemn assembly, for the rivers of gather the elders waters are dried [and] all the up, and the fire inhabitants of hath devoured the the land [into] pastures of the the house of the wilderness. LORD your God, 2:1 Blow ye the and cry unto the trumpet in Zion, LORD. and sound an 1:15 Alas for alarm in my holy the day! for the mountain: let all day of the LORD the inhabitants [is] at hand, and of the land as a destruction tremble: for the from the Almighty day of the LORD shall it come. cometh, for [it 1:16 Is not the is] nigh at hand; meat cut off before our eyes, 2:2 A day of [yea], joy and darkness and of gladness from the gloominess, a day house of our God? of clouds and of thick darkness, 1:17 The seed is as the morning rotten under spread upon the their clods, the mountains: a garners are laid great people and desolate, the a strong; there barns are broken hath not been down; for the ever the like, corn is withered. neither shall be any more after 1:18 How do the it, [even] to the beasts groan! the years of many herds of cattle generations. are perplexed, 2:3 A fire devoureth before sword, they shall them; and behind not be wounded. them a flame 2:9 They shall burneth: the land run to and fro in [is] as the the city; they garden of Eden shall run upon before them, and the wall, they behind them a shall climb up desolate upon the houses; wilderness; yea, they shall enter and nothing shall in at the windows escape them. like a thief. 2:4 The 2:10 The earth appearance of shall quake them [is] as the before them; the appearance of heavens shall horses; and as tremble: the sun horsemen, so and the moon shall they run. shall be dark, 2:5 Like the and the stars noise of chariots shall withdraw on the tops of their shining: mountains shall 2:11 And the they leap, like LORD shall utter the noise of a his voice before flame of fire his army: for his that devoureth camp [is] very the stubble, as a great: for [he strong people set is] strong that in battle array. executeth his 2:6 Before their word: for the day face the people of the LORD [is] shall be much great and very pained: all faces terrible; and who shall gather can abide it? blackness. 2:12 Therefore 2:7 They shall also now, saith run like mighty the LORD, turn ye men; they shall [even] to me with climb the wall all your heart, like men of war; and with fasting, and they shall and with weeping, march every one and with on his ways, and mourning: they shall not 2:13 And rend break their your heart, and ranks: not your 2:8 Neither garments, and shall one thrust turn unto the another; they LORD your God: shall walk every for he [is] one in his path: gracious and and [when] they merciful, slow to fall upon the anger, and of great kindness, his people. and repenteth him 2:19 Yea, the of the evil. LORD will answer 2:14 Who knoweth and say unto his [if] he will people, Behold, I return and will send you repent, and leave corn, and wine, a blessing behind and oil, and ye him; [even] a shall be meat offering and satisfied a drink offering therewith: and I unto the LORD will no more make your God? you a reproach 2:15 Blow the among the trumpet in Zion, heathen: sanctify a fast, 2:20 But I will call a solemn remove far off assembly: from you the 2:16 Gather the northern [army], people, sanctify and will drive the congregation, him into a land assemble the barren and elders, gather desolate, with the children, and his face toward those that suck the east sea, and the breasts: let his hinder part the bridegroom go toward the utmost forth of his sea, and his chamber, and the stink shall come bride out of her up, and his ill closet. savour shall come 2:17 Let the up, because he priests, the hath done great ministers of the things. LORD, weep 2:21 Fear not, O between the porch land; be glad and and the altar, rejoice: for the and let them say, LORD will do Spare thy people, great things. O LORD, and give 2:22 Be not not thine afraid, ye beasts heritage to of the field: for reproach, that the pastures of the heathen the wilderness do should rule over spring, for the them: wherefore tree beareth her should they say fruit, the fig among the people, tree and the vine Where [is] their do yield their God? strength. 2:18 Then will 2:23 Be glad the LORD be then, ye children jealous for his of Zion, and land, and pity rejoice in the LORD your God: pass afterward, for he hath given [that] I will you the former pour out my rain moderately, spirit upon all and he will cause flesh; and your to come down for sons and your you the rain, the daughters shall former rain, and prophesy, your the latter rain old men shall in the first dream dreams, [month]. your young men 2:24 And the shall see floors shall be visions: full of wheat, 2:29 And also and the vats upon the servants shall overflow and upon the with wine and handmaids in oil. those days will I 2:25 And I will pour out my restore to you spirit. the years that 2:30 And I will the locust hath show wonders in eaten, the the heavens and cankerworm, and in the earth, the caterpillar, blood, and fire, and the and pillars of palmerworm, my smoke. great army which 2:31 The sun I sent among you. shall be turned into darkness, 2:26 And ye and the moon into shall eat in blood, before the plenty, and be great and the satisfied, and terrible day of praise the name the LORD come. of the LORD your 2:32 And it God, that hath shall come to dealt wondrously pass, [that] with you: and my whosoever shall people shall call on the name never be ashamed. of the LORD shall be delivered: for 2:27 And ye in mount Zion and shall know that I in Jerusalem [am] in the midst shall be of Israel, and deliverance, as [that] I [am] the the LORD hath LORD your God, said, and in the and none else: remnant whom the and my people LORD shall call. shall never be 3:1 For, behold, ashamed. in those days, 2:28 And it and in that time, shall come to when I shall bring again the sold unto the captivity of Grecians, that ye Judah and might remove them Jerusalem, far from their 3:2 I will also border. gather all 3:7 Behold, I nations, and will will raise them bring them down out of the place into the valley whither ye have of Jehoshaphat, sold them, and and will plead will return your with them there recompense upon for my people and your own head: [for] my heritage 3:8 And I will Israel, whom they sell your sons have scattered and your among the daughters into nations, and the hand of the parted my land. children of 3:3 And they Judah, and they have cast lots shall sell them for my people; to the Sabeans, and have given a to a people far boy for an off: for the LORD harlot, and sold hath spoken [it]. a girl for wine, that they might 3:9 Proclaim ye drink. this among the 3:4 Yea, and Gentiles; Prepare what have ye to war, wake up the do with me, O mighty men, let Tyre, and Zidon, all the men of and all the war draw near; coasts of let them come up: Palestine? will ye render me a 3:10 Beat your recompense? and plowshares into if ye recompense swords, and your me, swiftly [and] pruninghooks into speedily will I spears: let the return your weak say, I [am] recompense upon strong. your own head; 3:11 Assemble 3:5 Because ye yourselves, and have taken my come, all ye silver and my heathen, and gold, and have gather yourselves carried into your together round temples my goodly about: thither pleasant things: cause thy mighty 3:6 The children ones to come also of Judah and down, O LORD. the children of 3:12 Let the Jerusalem have ye heathen be wakened, and come strangers pass up to the valley through her any of Jehoshaphat: more. for there will I 3:18 And it sit to judge all shall come to the heathen round pass in that day, about. [that] the 3:13 Put ye in mountains shall the sickle, for drop down new the harvest is wine, and the ripe: come, get hills shall flow you down; for the with milk, and press is full, all the rivers of the vats Judah shall flow overflow; for with waters, and their wickedness a fountain shall [is] great. come forth of the 3:14 Multitudes, house of the multitudes in the LORD, and shall valley of water the valley decision: for the of Shittim. day of the LORD 3:19 Egypt shall [is] near in the be a desolation, valley of and Edom shall be decision. a desolate 3:15 The sun and wilderness, for the moon shall be the violence darkened, and the [against] the stars shall children of withdraw their Judah, because shining. they have shed 3:16 The LORD innocent blood in also shall roar their land. out of Zion, and 3:20 But Judah utter his voice shall dwell for from Jerusalem; ever, and and the heavens Jerusalem from and the earth generation to shall shake: but generation. the LORD [will 3:21 For I will be] the hope of cleanse their his people, and blood [that] I the strength of have not the children of cleansed: for the Israel. LORD dwelleth in 3:17 So shall ye Zion. know that I [am] ^Z^Z the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no ~~~~~~