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10 The fields are devastated,
    the ground mourns,
for the grain is destroyed,
    the wine dries up,
    the oil fails.(A)

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10 The fields are ruined,
    the ground is dried up;(A)
the grain is destroyed,
    the new wine(B) is dried up,
    the olive oil fails.(C)

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Therefore the land mourns,
    and all who live in it languish;
together with the wild animals
    and the birds of the air,
    even the fish of the sea are perishing.(A)

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Because of this the land dries up,(A)
    and all who live in it waste away;(B)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(C)

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Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,
    and the new wine shall fail them.(A)

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Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;
    the new wine(A) will fail them.

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11 They have made it a desolation;
    desolate, it mourns to me.
The whole land is made desolate,
    but no one lays it to heart.(A)

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11 It will be made a wasteland,(A)
    parched and desolate before me;(B)
the whole land will be laid waste
    because there is no one who cares.

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Wake up, you drunkards, and weep,
    and wail, all you wine drinkers,
over the sweet wine,
    for it is cut off from your mouth.

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Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, all you drinkers of wine;(A)
wail because of the new wine,
    for it has been snatched(B) from your lips.

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11 And I have called for a drought[a] on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on humans and animals, and on all their labors.”(A)

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  1. 1.11 Or ruin

11 I called for a drought(A) on the fields and the mountains,(B) on the grain, the new wine,(C) the olive oil(D) and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.(E)

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17 The seed shrivels under the clods;[a]
    the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are ruined
    because the grain has withered.
18 How the animals groan!
    The herds of cattle wander about
because there is no pasture for them;
    even the flocks of sheep are perishing.(A)

19 To you, O Lord, I cry,
for fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness,
and flames have burned
    all the trees of the field.(B)
20 Even the wild animals cry to you
    because the watercourses are dried up,
and fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness.(C)

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  1. 1.17 Meaning of Heb uncertain

17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.[a](A)
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;(B)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.(C)

19 To you, Lord, I call,(D)
    for fire(E) has devoured the pastures(F) in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild animals pant for you;(G)
    the streams of water have dried up(H)
    and fire has devoured the pastures(I) in the wilderness.

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  1. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

12 The vine withers;
    the fig tree droops.
Pomegranate, palm, and apple—
    all the trees of the field are dried up;
surely, joy withers away
    among the people.(A)

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12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;(A)
the pomegranate,(B) the palm and the apple[a] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.(C)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

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  1. Joel 1:12 Or possibly apricot

33 Gladness and joy have been taken away
    from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have stopped the wine from the winepresses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy;
    the shouting is not the shout of joy.(A)

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33 Joy and gladness are gone
    from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine(A) from the presses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy.(B)
Although there are shouts,
    they are not shouts of joy.

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Judah mourns,
    and her gates languish;
they lie in gloom on the ground,
    and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.(A)
Her[a] nobles send their servants for water;
    they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
    they return with their vessels empty.
They are ashamed and dismayed
    and cover their heads,(B)
because the ground is cracked.
    Because there has been no rain on the land,
the farmers are dismayed;
    they cover their heads.(C)
Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.
The wild asses stand on the bare heights;[b]
    they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
    because there is no herbage.(D)

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  1. 14.3 Gk: Heb their
  2. 14.6 Or the trails

“Judah mourns,(A)
    her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
    and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.(B)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.(C)
The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;(D)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.
Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(E)
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(F)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(G)

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How long will the land mourn
    and the grass of every field wither?
For the wickedness of those who live in it,
    the animals and the birds are swept away,
    and because people said, “He is blind to our ways.”[a](A)

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  1. 12.4 Gk: Heb to our future

How long will the land lie parched(A)
    and the grass in every field be withered?(B)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
    the animals and birds have perished.(C)
Moreover, the people are saying,
    “He will not see what happens to us.”

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11 There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
    all joy has reached its eventide;
    the gladness of the earth is banished.(A)

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11 In the streets they cry out(A) for wine;(B)
    all joy turns to gloom,(C)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.

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The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled,
    for the Lord has spoken this word.(A)

The earth dries up and withers;
    the world languishes and withers;
    the heavens languish together with the earth.

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The earth will be completely laid waste(A)
    and totally plundered.(B)
The Lord has spoken(C) this word.

The earth dries up(D) and withers,(E)
    the world languishes and withers,
    the heavens(F) languish with the earth.(G)

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