Joel 1:13-20
Lexham English Bible
13 Gird yourselves and lament, O priests!
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come spend the night in sackcloth,
O ministers of my God,
because offering and libation
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Solemnize a fast!
Call an assembly!
Gather the elders,
all of the inhabitants of the land
in the house of Yahweh your God,
and cry out to Yahweh.
15 Ah! For the day!
For the day of Yahweh is near.
It will come like destruction from Shaddai.[a]
16 Is not food cut off
before our eyes,
from the house of our God,
joy and gladness?
17 The seeds shrivel under their clods;
the storehouses are desolate.
The grain storage places are destroyed
because grain has dried out.
18 How the beasts[b] groan;
the herds of cattle wander around
because there is no pasture for them;
the flocks of sheep are in distress.
19 To you, O Yahweh, I cry out,
because fire has devoured
the pastures of the desert,
and flames[c] burned
all the trees of the field.
20 Also, the beasts of the field
long for you,
because the courses of water
are dried up,
and fire has devoured
the pastures of the desert.
Joel 1:13-20
English Standard Version
A Call to Repentance
13 (A)Put on sackcloth and lament, (B)O priests;
(C)wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, (D)pass the night in sackcloth,
(E)O ministers of my God!
(F)Because grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 (G)Consecrate a fast;
(H)call a solemn assembly.
Gather (I)the elders
and (J)all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
15 Alas for the day!
(K)For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty[a] it comes.
16 Is not the food cut off
before our eyes,
(L)joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
17 (M)The seed shrivels under the clods;[b]
the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are torn down
because (N)the grain has dried up.
18 How (O)the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep suffer.[c]
19 To you, (P)O Lord, I call.
(Q)For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
(R)and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field (S)pant for you
because the water brooks are dried up,
(T)and fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.
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