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| 1:1 | The word of the Lord that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel. |
| 1:2 | Heare this, yee olde men, and giue eare, all yee inhabitants of the lande: Hath this been in your dayes, or euen in the dayes of your fathers? |
| 1:3 | Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. |
| 1:4 | That which the palmer worme hath left, hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left, hath the canker-worme eaten; and that which the canker-worme hath left, hath the caterpillar eaten. |
| 1:5 | Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, and howle all yee drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. |
| 1:6 | For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the cheeke-teeth of a great lyon. |
| 1:7 | He hath laide my vine waste: and barked my figge-tree: hee hath made it cleane bare, and cast it away, the branches thereof are made white. |
| 1:8 | Lament like a virgine girded with sackecloth for the husband of her youth. |
| 1:9 | The meate offring and the drinke offering is cut off from the house of the Lord, the Priestes the Lords ministers mourne. |
| 1:10 | The field is wasted, the lande mourneth; for the corne is wasted: the new wine is dried vp, the oyle languisheth. |
| 1:11 | Be yee ashamed, O yee husbandmen: howle, O yee vine-dressers, for the wheate and for the barley; because the haruest of the field is perished. |
| 1:12 | The vine is dried vp, and the figgetree languisheth, the pomegranate tree, the palme tree also and the apple tree, euen all the trees of the field are withered: because ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men. |
| 1:13 | Gird your selues, and lament, yee Priests: howle, ye ministers of the Altar: come, lie all night in sackecloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drinke offering is withholden from the house of your God. |
| 1:14 | Sanctifie yee a fast: call a solemne assembly: gather the Elders, and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry vnto the Lord: |
| 1:15 | Alas for the day: for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almightie shall it come. |
| 1:16 | Is not the meate cut off before your eyes, yea ioy and gladnesse from the house of our God? |
| 1:17 | The seede is rotten vnder their clods: the garners are laide desolate: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered. |
| 1:18 | How doe the beastes grone? the heards of cattell are perplexed, because they haue no pasture, yea the flockes of sheepe are made desolate. |
| 1:19 | O Lord, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field. |
| 1:20 | The beasts of the field crie also vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dried vp, and the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse. |
| 1:1 | The worde of the Lorde that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel |
| 1:2 | Heare ye this you elders, & hearken with your eares all you that dwel in this lande: was there euer such a thyng in your dayes, or in the dayes of your fathers |
| 1:3 | Of this thyng tell your children, and let your children shewe it to their children, and their children to their posteritie afterwarde |
| 1:4 | That which the caterpiller hath left the grashopper hath eaten, and what the grashopper left hath the canker worme eaten, and what the canker worme left the locust hath deuoured |
| 1:5 | Awake ye drunkardes, & weepe, howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine: for it is cleane taken away from your mouth |
| 1:6 | For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, mightie and without number: his teeth are as the teeth of a lion, and he hath the iawes of a great lion |
| 1:7 | He hath destroyed my vine, & barked my figge tree, he hath pilled it and cast it from him, and hath left bowes therof whyte |
| 1:8 | Lament as a virgin girded with sackcloth, for the husbande of her youth |
| 1:9 | The meate offeryng and drinke offeryng is cut of from the house of the Lorde, the priestes I meane the Lordes ministers mourne |
| 1:10 | The fielde is wasted, the lande mourneth: for corne is destroyed, the newe wine is dryed vp, the oyle is vtterly taken away |
| 1:11 | Be ye ashamed O ye husbandemen, howle O ye wine dressers for ye wheate and for the barly: for the haruest of the fielde is perished |
| 1:12 | The wine is dryed vp, and the figge tree is decayed, the pomgranate tree, and the paulme, & the apple tree, euen all the trees of the fielde are withered vp: for ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men |
| 1:13 | Girde your selues and lament O ye priestes, howle ye out ye ministers of the aulter, come and lye all night in sackcloth ye seruauntes of my God: for the meate and drynke offerynges are taken away from the house of your God |
| 1:14 | Proclayme a fast, call a congregation, gather the elders together, with all the inhabitauntes of the lande vnto the house of the Lorde your God, and crye vnto the Lorde |
| 1:15 | Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come |
| 1:16 | Is not the meate cut of before our eyes, yea mirth and ioy from the house of our God |
| 1:17 | The seede is rotte vnder their cloddes, the garners are destroyed, the barnes are ouerthrowen: for the corne is withered |
| 1:18 | O howe cattell mourne? the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture, and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed |
| 1:19 | Unto thee O Lorde wyll I crye, for feare hath destroyed the fruitfull places of the desert, and the flambe hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde |
| 1:20 | The beastes also of the fielde crye out vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dryed vp, and fire hath deuoured vp the fruitfull places of the desert |
| 1:1 | The worde of the Lord that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel. |
| 1:2 | Heare ye this, O Elders, and hearken ye all inhabitantes of the land, whether such a thing hath bene in your dayes, or yet in the dayes of your fathers. |
| 1:3 | Tell you your children of it, and let your children shew to their children, and their children to another generation. |
| 1:4 | That which is left of ye palmer worme, hath the grashopper eaten, and the residue of ye grashopper hath the canker worme eaten, and the residue of the canker worme hath the caterpiller eaten. |
| 1:5 | Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, and howle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the newe wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth. |
| 1:6 | Yea, a nation commeth vpon my lande, mightie, and without nomber, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the iawes of a great lyon. |
| 1:7 | He maketh my vine waste, and pilleth off the barke of my figge tree: he maketh it bare, and casteth it downe: ye branches therof are made white. |
| 1:8 | Mourne like a virgine girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. |
| 1:9 | The meate offring, and the drinke offring is cut off from the House of the Lord: the Priests the Lords ministers mourne. |
| 1:10 | The fielde is wasted: the lande mourneth: for the corne is destroyed: the new wine is dried vp, and the oyle is decayed. |
| 1:11 | Be ye ashamed, O husband men: howle, O ye vine dressers for the wheate, and for the barly, because the haruest of the fielde is perished. |
| 1:12 | The vine is dried vp, and the figge tree is decayed: the pomegranate tree and the palme tree, and the apple tree, euen all the trees of the fielde are withered: surely the ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men. |
| 1:13 | Girde your selues and lament, ye Priests: howle ye ministers of the altar: come, and lie all night in sackecloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meate offring, and the drinke offring is taken away from the house of your God. |
| 1:14 | Sanctifie you a fast: call a solemne assemblie: gather the Elders, and all the inhabitants of the land into the House of the Lord your God, and cry vnto the Lord, |
| 1:15 | Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it commeth as a destruction from the Almightie. |
| 1:16 | Is not the meate cut off before our eyes? and ioy, and gladnesse from the house of our God? |
| 1:17 | The seede is rotten vnder their cloddes: the garners are destroyed: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered. |
| 1:18 | How did the beasts mourne! the herdes of cattel pine away, because they haue no pasture, and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed. |
| 1:19 | O Lord, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde. |
| 1:20 | The beasts of the fielde cry also vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dried vp, and the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernes. |
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