Joel 1:4-7

New American Standard Bible

⁴ What the ^(A)gnawing locust has left, the ^[a]swarming locust has eaten;
And what the ^(B)swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the ^(C)stripping locust has eaten.
⁵ Awake, ^(D)you heavy drinkers, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
Because of the sweet wine,
For it has been ^(E)eliminated from your mouth.
⁶ For a ^(F)nation has ^[b]invaded my land,
Mighty and without number;
^(G)Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the jaws of a lioness.
⁷ It has ^(H)made my vine a waste
And my fig tree a stump.
It has stripped them bare and hurled them away;
Their branches have become white.