Joel 1:13-20
New King James Version
Mourning for the Land
13 (A)Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
14 (B)Consecrate a fast,
Call (C)a sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And (D)all the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.
15 (E)Alas for the day!
For (F)the day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
16 Is not the food (G)cut off before our eyes,
(H)Joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seed shrivels under the clods,
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.
18 How (I)the animals groan!
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep [a]suffer punishment.
19 O Lord, (J)to You I cry out;
For (K)fire has devoured the [b]open pastures,
And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 The beasts of the field also (L)cry out to You,
For (M)the water brooks are dried up,
And fire has devoured the [c]open pastures.
Joel 1:13-20
21st Century King James Version
13 Gird yourselves and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God; for the meat offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God.
14 Sanctify ye a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord!
15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18 How the beasts do groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19 O Lord, to Thee will I cry! For the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20 The beasts of the field cry also unto Thee; for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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