Joel 1:2-12
Amplified Bible
The Devastation of Locusts
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Hear this, O elders,
Listen closely, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing as this occurred in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers?
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Tell your children about it,
And let your children tell their children,
And their children the next generation.
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What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten [in judgment of Judah].
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Awake [from your intoxication], you drunkards, and weep;
Wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the [fresh] sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.
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For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land [like locusts],
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.(A)
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It has made My vine (My people) a waste and object of horror,
And splintered and broken My fig tree.
It has stripped them completely bare and thrown them away;
Their branches have become white.(B)
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Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with [a]sackcloth
For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].
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The [daily] grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
From the house of the Lord;
The priests mourn
Who minister to the Lord.
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The field is ruined,
The ground mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The fresh oil fails.
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Be ashamed, O farmers;
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and for the barley,
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
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The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up,
Indeed, joy dries up and withdraws
From the sons of men.
Notas al pie
- Joel 1:8 A coarse cloth made from goat’s hair. It was worn as a sign of mourning or as an act of penitence.
Joel 1:2-12
New American Standard Bible
2 (A)Hear this, you (B)elders,
And listen, all inhabitants of the land.
(C)Has anything like this happened in your days,
Or in your fathers’ days?
3 (D)Tell your sons about it,
And have your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.
4 What the (E)gnawing locust has left, the [a]swarming locust has eaten;
And what the (F)swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the (G)stripping locust has eaten.
5 Awake, (H)you heavy drinkers, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
Because of the sweet wine,
For it has been (I)eliminated from your mouth.
6 For a (J)nation has [b]invaded my land,
Mighty and without number;
(K)Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the jaws of a lioness.
7 It has (L)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.
8 (M)Wail like a virgin (N)clothed with sackcloth
For the groom of her youth.
9 The (O)grain offering and the drink offering have been cut off
From the house of the Lord.
The (P)priests mourn,
The ministers of the Lord.
10 The field is (Q)ruined,
(R)The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine has dried up,
Fresh oil has [c]failed.
11 (S)Be ashamed, you farm workers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the (T)harvest of the field is destroyed.
12 The (U)vine has dried up
And the fig tree has withered;
The (V)pomegranate, the (W)palm also, and the (X)apple tree,
All the trees of the field have dried up.
Indeed, (Y)joy has dried up
From the sons of mankind.
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