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

Hear this, you elders,
    and listen, all you inhabitants of the land!
Has this ever happened in your days,
    or in the days of your fathers?
Tell your children about it,
    and have your children tell their children,
    and their children, another generation.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

The word of the Lord that came(A) to Joel(B) son of Pethuel.

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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)
Tell it to your children,(G)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(H)

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The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

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?

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

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