(KJV) Joel 1¹²

⥃The Invasion of Locusts

[1] The word³ of the Lord that came to⁴ Joel the son of Pethuel. [2] Hear⁵ this, ye old⁶ men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath⁷ this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? [3] Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.⁸ [4] That which the palmerworm hath left⁹ hath the locust eaten¹⁰; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten¹¹; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller¹² eaten. [5] Awake¹³, ye drunkards, and weep¹⁴; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for¹⁵ it is cut off from your mouth. [6] For a nation¹⁶ is come up upon my¹⁷ land, strong, and without number, whose¹⁸ teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. [7] He hath laid¹⁹ my vine waste, and barked my fig tree²⁰: he hath made it clean bare, and cast [it] away; the branches thereof are made white.

⥃A Call to Mourning

[8] Lament²¹ like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband²² of her youth. [9] The meat²³ offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests²⁴, the Lord’s²⁵ ministers, mourn. [10] The field²⁶ is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new²⁷ wine is dried up²⁸, the oil languisheth. [11] Be ye ashamed²⁹, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because³⁰ the harvest of the field is perished. [12] The vine³¹ is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate³² tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy³³ is withered away from the sons of men.

⥃A Call to Repentance ^{[ Amos 5:4–15 † Zephaniah 2:1–3 † Luke 13:1–5 ]}

[13] Gird³⁴ yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers³⁵ of the altar: come, lie³⁶ all night in sackcloth, ye ministers³⁷ of my God: for³⁸ the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

[14] Sanctify³⁹ ye a fast, call a solemn assembly⁴⁰, gather the elders⁴¹ [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the Lord your God, and cry⁴² unto the Lord, [15] Alas⁴³ for the day! for the day of⁴⁴ the Lord [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. [16] Is not the meat⁴⁵ cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy⁴⁶ and gladness from the house of our God? [17] The seed⁴⁷ is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. [18] How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.⁴⁸ [19] O Lord, to thee⁴⁹ will I cry: for the fire⁵⁰ hath devoured the pastures⁵¹ of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. [20] The beasts of the field cry⁵² also unto thee: for the rivers⁵³ of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.