Joel 1:13-20
Legacy Standard Bible
The Day of Yahweh Is Near
13 (A)Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
(B)Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, (C)spend the night in sackcloth,
O ministers of my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
14 (D)Set apart a fast as holy,
Call for a (E)solemn assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
To the house of Yahweh your God,
And (F)cry out to Yahweh.
15 (G)Alas for the day!
For the (H)day of Yahweh is near,
And it will come as (I)destruction from the [a]Almighty.
16 Has not (J)food been cut off before our eyes,
Gladness and (K)joy from the house of our God?
17 The [b](L)seeds shrivel under their [c]clods;
The storehouses are desolate;
The barns are pulled down,
For the grain is dried up.
18 How (M)the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep [d]suffer.
19 (N)To You, O Yahweh, I cry;
For (O)fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness,
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field [e](P)pant for You;
For the (Q)water brooks are dried up,
And fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.
Joel 1:13-20
Revised Standard Version
A Call to Repentance and Prayer
13 Gird on sackcloth and lament, O priests,
wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,
O ministers of my God!
Because cereal offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Sanctify a fast,
call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders
and all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God;
and cry to the Lord.
15 Alas for the day!
For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
16 Is not the food cut off
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
17 The seed shrivels under the clods,[a]
the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are ruined
because the grain has failed.
18 How the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep are dismayed.
19 Unto thee, O Lord, I cry.
For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild beasts cry to thee
because the water brooks are dried up,
and fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.
Footnotes
- Joel 1:17 Heb uncertain
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