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Joel 1
King James Version
Joel 1
King James Version
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
Joel 1
New International Version
Joel 1
New International Version
1 The word of the Lord that came(A) to Joel(B) son of Pethuel.
An Invasion of Locusts
2 Hear this,(C) you elders;(D)
listen, all who live in the land.(E)
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?(F)
3 Tell it to your children,(G)
and let your children tell it to their children,
and their children to the next generation.(H)
4 What the locust(I) swarm has left
the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left
the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have left(J)
other locusts[a] have eaten.(K)
5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine;(L)
wail because of the new wine,
for it has been snatched(M) from your lips.
6 A nation has invaded my land,
a mighty army without number;(N)
it has the teeth(O) of a lion,
the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has laid waste(P) my vines
and ruined my fig trees.(Q)
It has stripped off their bark
and thrown it away,
leaving their branches white.
8 Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(R)
grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
9 Grain offerings and drink offerings(S)
are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,(T)
those who minister before the Lord.
10 The fields are ruined,
the ground is dried up;(U)
the grain is destroyed,
the new wine(V) is dried up,
the olive oil fails.(W)
11 Despair, you farmers,(X)
wail, you vine growers;
grieve for the wheat and the barley,(Y)
because the harvest of the field is destroyed.(Z)
12 The vine is dried up
and the fig tree is withered;(AA)
the pomegranate,(AB) the palm and the apple[b] tree—
all the trees of the field—are dried up.(AC)
Surely the people’s joy
is withered away.
A Call to Lamentation
13 Put on sackcloth,(AD) you priests, and mourn;
wail, you who minister(AE) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(AF)
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;(AG)
call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
and all who live in the land(AH)
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out(AI) to the Lord.(AJ)
15 Alas for that(AK) day!
For the day of the Lord(AL) is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[c](AM)
16 Has not the food been cut off(AN)
before our very eyes—
joy and gladness(AO)
from the house of our God?(AP)
17 The seeds are shriveled
beneath the clods.[d](AQ)
The storehouses are in ruins,
the granaries have been broken down,
for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;(AR)
even the flocks of sheep are suffering.(AS)
Gioele 1
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Gioele 1
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1 La parola dell'Eterno che fu rivolta a Gioele, figlio di Pethuel.
2 Udite questo, o anziani, ascoltate, voi tutti abitanti del paese. E' mai avvenuta una simile cosa ai vostri giorni o ai giorni dei vostri padri?
3 Raccontatelo ai vostri figli e i vostri figli ai loro figli, e i loro figli all'altra generazione.
4 L'avanzo lasciato dal bruco l'ha mangiato la cavalletta, l'avanzo lasciato dalla cavalletta l'ha mangiato la larva della cavalletta, l'avanzo lasciato dalla larva l'ha mangiato la locusta.
5 Destatevi, ubriachi, e piangete; gemete voi tutti, bevitori di vino per il mosto che vi è stato tolto di bocca.
6 Poiché una nazione forte e senza numero è salita contro il mio paese. I suoi denti sono denti di leone, e ha zanne di leonessa.
7 Ha devastato la mia vite, ha fatto a pezzi il mio fico, l'ha completamente scortecciato e l'ha gettato via; i suoi rami sono rimasti bianchi.
8 Piangi come una vergine cinta di sacco per lo sposo della sua giovinezza.
9 Dalla casa dell'Eterno sono scomparse offerte di cibo e la libazione; i sacerdoti, i ministri dell'Eterno, fanno cordoglio.
10 La campagna è devastata, il paese è in lutto perché il frumento è distrutto, il mosto è inaridito e l'olio è venuto meno.
11 Siate confusi, o agricoltori, gemete, o vignaioli, per il frumento e per l'orzo, perché il raccolto dei campi è perduto.
12 La vite è seccata, il fico è inaridito, il melograno, la palma, il melo e tutti gli alberi della campagna sono seccati; la gioia è venuta meno tra i figli degli uomini.
13 Cingetevi di sacco e fate cordoglio o sacerdoti gemete, ministri dell'altare. Venite, rimanete tutta la notte vestiti di sacco, o ministri del mio DIO perché l'offerta di cibo e la libazione sono scomparse dalla casa del vostro DIO.
14 Proclamate un digiuno, convocate una solenne assemblea. Radunate gli anziani e tutti gli abitanti del paese nella casa dell'Eterno, il vostro DIO e gridate all'Eterno.
15 Ahimè, per quel giorno! Poiché il giorno dell'Eterno è vicino; sí, verrà come una devastazione dall'Onnipotente.
16 Non è forse il cibo tolto via davanti ai nostri occhi, e la gioia e l'allegrezza dalla casa del nostro DIO?
17 I semi inaridiscono sotto le zolle, i magazzini sono ridotti a una desolazione, i granai cadono in rovina, perché il grano è seccato.
18 Come geme il bestiame! Le mandrie di bovini si aggirano senza meta, perchè non c'è pascolo per loro; soffrono persino le greggi di pecore.
19 A te, o Eterno, io grido, perché un fuoco ha divorato i terreni da pascolo e una fiamma ha bruciato tutti gli alberi della campagna.
20 Anche le bestie dei campi alzano lo sguardo a te, perché i corsi d'acqua sono seccati e il fuoco ha divorato i terreni da pascolo.
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