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Joel 1:19 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 Joel son of Pethuel received this message from the Lord:
2 Leaders, listen to this message! Listen to me, all you people who live in the land. Has anything like this happened before during your lifetime? No. Did anything like this happen during your fathers' lifetime? No.
3 You will tell these things to your children, and your children will tell their children, and your grandchildren will tell the people of the next generation.
4 What the cutting locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten. And what the swarming locust has left, the hopping locust has eaten. And what the hopping locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten!
5 Drunks, wake up and cry! All of you who drink wine, cry because your sweet wine is finished. You will not taste it again.
6 A powerful nation came to attack my land. Its soldiers were too many to count. Its weapons were as sharp as a lion's teeth and as powerful as a lion's jaw.
7 It destroyed my grapevine. Its good vines withered and died. It destroyed my fig tree, stripped off the bark and threw it away.
8 Cry like the young woman who was ready to be married, and her husband-to-be was killed.
9 Priests, servants of the Lord, cry because there will be no more grain and drink offerings in the Lord's Temple.
10 The fields are ruined. Even the ground is crying because the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up, and the olive oil is gone.
11 Be sad, farmers! Cry loudly, for the grapes, for the wheat and for the barley, because the harvest in the field is ruined.
12 The vines have become dry, and the fig tree is dying. All the trees in the field— the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple—have withered. And happiness among the people is dead.
13 Priests, put on your sackcloth and cry loudly. Servants of the altar, cry loudly. Servants of my God, you will sleep in your sackcloth because there will be no more grain and drink offerings in God's Temple.
14 Tell the people that there will be a special time of fasting. Call them together for a special meeting. Bring the leaders and everyone living in the land together at the Temple of the Lord your God, and pray to the Lord.
15 Be sad because the Lord's special day is near. At that time punishment will come like an attack from God All-Powerful.
16 Our food is gone. Joy and happiness are gone from the Temple of our God.
17 We planted seeds, but the seeds became dry and dead lying in the soil. Our plants are dry and dead. Our barns are empty and falling down.
18 The animals are hungry and groaning. The herds of cattle wander around confused because they have no grass to eat. The sheep are dying.
19 Lord, I am calling to you for help. Fire has changed our green fields into a desert. Flames have burned all the trees in the field.
20 Wild animals also need your help. The streams are dry— there is no water! Fire has changed our green fields into a desert.
1 The word H1697 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS that H834 RPRO came H1961 VQQ3MS to H413 PREP Joel H3100 the son H1121 of Pethuel H6602 .
2 Hear H8085 VQI2MP this H2063 DPRO , ye old men H2205 , and give ear H238 , all H3605 NMS ye inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 D-GFS . Hath this H2063 DPRO-3FS been H1961 in your days H3117 , or even H518 W-PART in the days H3117 B-CMP of your fathers H1 ?
3 Tell H5608 ye your children H1121 of H5921 PREP-3FS it , and let your children H1121 tell their children H1121 , and their children H1121 another H312 generation H1755 .
4 That which the palmerworm H1501 hath left H3499 hath the locust H697 eaten H398 VQQ3MS ; and that which the locust H697 hath left H3499 hath the cankerworm H3218 eaten H398 VQQ3MS ; and that which the cankerworm H3218 hath left H3499 hath the caterpillar H2625 eaten H398 VQQ3MS .
5 Awake H6974 , ye drunkards H7910 , and weep H1058 ; and howl H3213 , all H3605 NMS ye drinkers H8354 of wine H3196 , because of H5921 PREP the new wine H6071 ; for H3588 CONJ it is cut off H3772 from your mouth H6310 .
6 For H3588 CONJ a nation H1471 is come up H5927 upon H5921 PREP my land H776 , strong H6099 , and without H369 W-NPAR number H4557 NMS , whose teeth H8127 CMD-3MS are the teeth H8127 of a lion H738 NMS , and he hath the cheek teeth H4973 of a great lion H3833 NMS .
7 He hath laid H7760 VQQ3MS my vine H1612 waste H8047 , and barked H7111 my fig tree H8384 : he hath made it clean bare H2834 , and cast it away H7993 ; the branches H8299 thereof are made white H3835 .
8 Lament H421 like a virgin H1330 girded H2296 with sackcloth H8242 NMS for H5921 PREP the husband H1167 CMS of her youth H5271 .
9 The meat offering H4503 NFS and the drink offering H5262 is cut off H3772 from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 EDS ; the priests H3548 , the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS \'s ministers H8334 , mourn H56 .
10 The field H7704 is wasted H7703 , the land H127 mourneth H56 ; for H3588 CONJ the corn H1715 is wasted H7703 : the new wine H8492 is dried up H3001 , the oil H3323 languisheth H535 .
11 Be ye ashamed H954 , O ye husbandmen H406 ; howl H3213 , O ye vinedressers H3755 , for H5921 PREP the wheat H2406 NFS and for H5921 PREP the barley H8184 NFS ; because H3588 CONJ the harvest H7105 of the field H7704 is perished H6 VQQ3MS .
12 The vine H1612 is dried up H3001 , and the fig tree H8384 languisheth H535 ; the pomegranate tree H7416 , the palm tree H8558 also H1571 CONJ , and the apple tree H8598 , even all H3605 NMS the trees H6086 CMP of the field H7704 D-NMS , are withered H3001 : because H3588 CONJ joy H8342 is withered away H3001 from H4480 PREP the sons H1121 of men H120 .
13 Gird H2296 yourselves , and lament H5594 , ye priests H3548 : howl H3213 , ye ministers H8334 of the altar H4196 NMS : come H935 , lie all night H3885 in sackcloth H8242 , ye ministers H8334 of my God H430 : for H3588 CONJ the meat offering H4503 NFS and the drink offering H5262 is withheld H4513 from the house H1004 of your God H430 .
14 Sanctify H6942 ye a fast H6685 NMS , call H7121 a solemn assembly H6116 , gather H622 the elders H2205 AMP and all H3605 NMS the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 D-GFS into the house H1004 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 , and cry H2199 unto H413 PREP the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS ,
15 Alas H162 for the day H3117 NUM-MS ! for H3588 CONJ the day H3117 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS is at hand H7138 AMS , and as a destruction H7701 from the Almighty H7706 shall it come H935 VQY3MS .
16 Is not H3808 D-NPAR the meat H400 NMS cut off H3772 before H5048 our eyes H5869 , yea , joy H8057 and gladness H1524 from the house H1004 of our God H430 ?
17 The seed H6507 is rotten H5685 under H8478 NMS their clods H4053 , the garners H214 are laid desolate H8074 VNQ3MP , the barns H4460 are broken down H2040 ; for H3588 CONJ the corn H1715 is withered H3001 .
18 How H4100 IPRO do the beasts H929 groan H584 ! the herds H5739 of cattle H1241 are perplexed H943 , because H3588 CONJ they have no H369 NPAR pasture H4829 ; yea H1571 CONJ , the flocks H5739 of sheep H6629 are made desolate H816 .
19 O LORD H3068 EDS , to H413 PREP-2MS thee will I cry H7121 : for H3588 CONJ the fire H784 CMS hath devoured H398 the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 NMS , and the flame H3852 hath burned H3857 all H3605 NMS the trees H6086 CMP of the field H7704 D-NMS .
20 The beasts H929 of the field H7704 cry H6165 also H1571 CONJ unto H413 PREP-2MS thee : for H3588 CONJ the rivers H650 CMP of waters H4325 NMD are dried up H3001 , and the fire H784 W-NMS hath devoured H398 VQQ3FS the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 D-NMS .