Joe 01:01 ¶ The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came to 
Joel <03100> the son <01121> of Pethuel <06602>.

Joe 01:02  Hear <08085> (8798) this, ye old men <02205>, and 
give ear <0238> (8685), all ye inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the 
land <0776>. Hath this been in your days <03117>, or even <0518> 
in the days <03117> of your fathers <01>?

Joe 01:03  Tell <05608> (8761) ye your children <01121> of it, 
and let your children <01121> tell their children <01121>, and 
their children <01121> another <0312> generation <01755>.

Joe 01:04  That which the palmerworm <01501> hath left <03499> 
hath the locust <0697> eaten <0398> (8804); and that which the 
locust <0697> hath left <03499> hath the cankerworm <03218> 
eaten <0398> (8804); and that which the cankerworm <03218> hath 
left <03499> hath the caterpiller <02625> eaten <0398> (8804).

Joe 01:05  Awake <06974> (8685), ye drunkards <07910>, and weep 
<01058> (8798); and howl <03213> (8685), all ye drinkers <08354> 
(8802) of wine <03196>, because of the new wine <06071>; for it 
is cut off <03772> (8738) from your mouth <06310>.

Joe 01:06  For a nation <01471> is come up <05927> (8804) upon 
my land <0776>, strong <06099>, and without number <04557>, 
whose teeth <08127> are the teeth <08127> of a lion <0738>, and 
he hath the cheek teeth <04973> of a great lion <03833>.

Joe 01:07  He hath laid <07760> (8804) my vine <01612> waste 
<08047>, and barked <07111> my fig tree <08384>: he hath made it 
clean <02834> (8800) bare <02834> (8804), and cast it away 
<07993> (8689); the branches <08299> thereof are made white 
<03835> (8689).

Joe 01:08 ¶ Lament <0421> (8798) like a virgin <01330> girded 
<02296> (8803) with sackcloth <08242> for the husband <01167> of 
her youth <05271>.

Joe 01:09  The meat offering <04503> and the drink offering 
<05262> is cut off <03772> (8717) from the house <01004> of the 
LORD <03068>; the priests <03548>, the LORD’S <03068> ministers 
<08334> (8764), mourn <056> (8804).

Joe 01:10  The field <07704> is wasted <07703> (8795), the land 
<0127> mourneth <056> (8804); for the corn <01715> is wasted 
<07703> (8795): the new wine <08492> is dried up <03001> (8689), 
the oil <03323> languisheth <0535> (8797).

Joe 01:11  Be ye ashamed <03001> (8685), O ye husbandmen <0406>; 
howl <03213> (8685), O ye vinedressers <03755>, for the wheat 
<02406> and for the barley <08184>; because the harvest <07105> 
of the field <07704> is perished <06> (8804).

Joe 01:12  The vine <01612> is dried up <03001> (8689), and the 
fig tree <08384> languisheth <0535> (8797); the pomegranate 
<07416> tree, the palm tree <08558> also, and the apple tree 
<08598>, even all the trees <06086> of the field <07704>, are 
withered <03001> (8804): because joy <08342> is withered away 
<03001> (8689) from the sons <01121> of men <0120>.

Joe 01:13  Gird <02296> (8798) yourselves, and lament <05594> 
(8798), ye priests <03548>: howl <03213> (8685), ye ministers 
<08334> (8764) of the altar <04196>: come <0935> (8798), lie all 
night <03885> (8798) in sackcloth <08242>, ye ministers <08334> 
(8764) of my God <0430>: for the meat offering <04503> and the 
drink offering <05262> is withholden <04513> (8738) from the 
house <01004> of your God <0430>.

Joe 01:14 ¶ Sanctify <06942> (8761) ye a fast <06685>, call 
<07121> (8798) a solemn assembly <06116>, gather <0622> (8798) 
the elders <02205> and all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the 
land <0776> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> your God 
<0430>, and cry <02199> (8798) unto the LORD <03068>,

Joe 01:15  Alas <0162> for the day <03117>! for the day <03117> 
of the LORD <03068> is at hand <07138>, and as a destruction 
<07701> from the Almighty <07706> shall it come <0935> (8799).

Joe 01:16  Is not the meat <0400> cut off <03772> (8738) before 
our eyes <05869>, yea, joy <08057> and gladness <01524> from the 
house <01004> of our God <0430>?

Joe 01:17  The seed <06507> is rotten <05685> (8804) under their 
clods <04053>, the garners <0214> are laid desolate <08074> 
(8738), the barns <04460> are broken down <02040> (8738); for 
the corn <01715> is withered <03001> (8689).

Joe 01:18  How do the beasts <0929> groan <0584> (8737)! the 
herds <05739> of cattle <01241> are perplexed <0943> (8738), 
because they have no pasture <04829>; yea, the flocks <05739> of 
sheep <06629> are made desolate <0816> (8738).

Joe 01:19  O LORD <03068>, to thee will I cry <07121> (8799): 
for the fire <0784> hath devoured <0398> (8804) the pastures 
<04999> of the wilderness <04057>, and the flame <03852> hath 
burned <03857> (8765) all the trees <06086> of the field <07704>.

Joe 01:20  The beasts <0929> of the field <07704> cry <06165> 
(8799) also unto thee: for the rivers <0650> of waters <04325> 
are dried up <03001> (8804), and the fire <0784> hath devoured 
<0398> (8804) the pastures <04999> of the wilderness <04057>.

Joe 02:01 ¶ Blow <08628> (8798) ye the trumpet <07782> in Zion 
<06726>, and sound an alarm <07321> (8685) in my holy <06944> 
mountain <02022>: let all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the 
land <0776> tremble <07264> (8799): for the day <03117> of the 
LORD <03068> cometh <0935> (8804), for it is nigh at hand 
<07138>;

Joe 02:02  A day <03117> of darkness <02822> and of gloominess 
<0653>, a day <03117> of clouds <06051> and of thick darkness 
<06205>, as the morning <07837> spread <06566> (8803) upon the 
mountains <02022>: a great <07227> people <05971> and a strong 
<06099>; there hath not been <01961> (8738) ever <05769> the 
like, neither shall be any more <03254> (8686) after <0310> it, 
even to the years <08141> of many <01755> generations <01755>.

Joe 02:03  A fire <0784> devoureth <0398> (8804) before <06440> 
them; and behind <0310> them a flame <03852> burneth <03857> 
(8762): the land <0776> is as the garden <01588> of Eden <05731> 
before <06440> them, and behind <0310> them a desolate <08077> 
wilderness <04057>; yea, and nothing shall escape <06413> them.

Joe 02:04  The appearance <04758> of them is as the appearance 
<04758> of horses <05483>; and as horsemen <06571>, so shall 
they run <07323> (8799).

Joe 02:05  Like the noise <06963> of chariots <04818> on the 
tops <07218> of mountains <02022> shall they leap <07540> (8762),
 like the noise <06963> of a flame <03851> of fire <0784> that 
devoureth <0398> (8802) the stubble <07179>, as a strong <06099> 
people <05971> set in battle <04421> array <06186> (8803).

Joe 02:06  Before their face <06440> the people <05971> shall be 
much pained <02342> (8799): all faces <06440> shall gather 
<06908> (8765) blackness <06289>.

Joe 02:07  They shall run <07323> (8799) like mighty men <01368>;
 they shall climb <05927> (8799) the wall <02346> like men 
<0582> of war <04421>; and they shall march <03212> (8799) every 
one <0376> on his ways <01870>, and they shall not break <05670> 
(8762) their ranks <0734>:

Joe 02:08  Neither shall one <0376> thrust <01766> (8799) 
another <0251>; they shall walk <03212> (8799) every one <01397> 
in his path <04546>: and when they fall <05307> (8799) upon the 
sword <07973>, they shall not be wounded <01214> (8799).

Joe 02:09  They shall run to and fro <08264> (8799) in the city 
<05892>; they shall run <07323> (8799) upon the wall <02346>, 
they shall climb up <05927> (8799) upon the houses <01004>; they 
shall enter in <0935> (8799) at the windows <02474> like a thief 
<01590>.

Joe 02:10  The earth <0776> shall quake <07264> (8804) before 
<06440> them; the heavens <08064> shall tremble <07493> (8804): 
the sun <08121> and the moon <03394> shall be dark <06937> 
(8804), and the stars <03556> shall withdraw <0622> (8804) their 
shining <05051>:

Joe 02:11  And the LORD <03068> shall utter <05414> (8804) his 
voice <06963> before <06440> his army <02428>: for his camp 
<04264> is very <03966> great <07227>: for he is strong <06099> 
that executeth <06213> (8802) his word <01697>: for the day 
<03117> of the LORD <03068> is great <01419> and very <03966> 
terrible <03372> (8737); and who can abide <03557> (8686) it?

Joe 02:12 ¶ Therefore also now, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD 
<03068>, turn <07725> (8798) ye even to me with all your heart 
<03824>, and with fasting <06685>, and with weeping <01065>, and 
with mourning <04553>:

Joe 02:13  And rend <07167> (8798) your heart <03824>, and not 
your garments <0899>, and turn <07725> (8798) unto the LORD 
<03068> your God <0430>: for he is gracious <02587> and merciful 
<07349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639>, and of great <07227> 
kindness <02617>, and repenteth <05162> (8737) him of the evil 
<07451>.

Joe 02:14  Who knoweth <03045> (8802) if he will return <07725> 
(8799) and repent <05162> (8738), and leave <07604> (8689) a 
blessing <01293> behind <0310> him; even a meat offering <04503> 
and a drink offering <05262> unto the LORD <03068> your God 
<0430>?

Joe 02:15  Blow <08628> (8798) the trumpet <07782> in Zion 
<06726>, sanctify <06942> (8761) a fast <06685>, call <07121> 
(8798) a solemn assembly <06116>:

Joe 02:16  Gather <0622> (8798) the people <05971>, sanctify 
<06942> (8761) the congregation <06951>, assemble <06908> (8798) 
the elders <02205>, gather <0622> (8798) the children <05768>, 
and those that suck <03243> (8802) the breasts <07699>: let the 
bridegroom <02860> go forth <03318> (8799) of his chamber 
<02315>, and the bride <03618> out of her closet <02646>.

Joe 02:17  Let the priests <03548>, the ministers <08334> (8764) 
of the LORD <03068>, weep <01058> (8799) between the porch 
<0197> and the altar <04196>, and let them say <0559> (8799), 
Spare <02347> (8798) thy people <05971>, O LORD <03068>, and 
give <05414> (8799) not thine heritage <05159> to reproach 
<02781>, that the heathen <01471> should rule over <04910> 
(8800) them: wherefore should they say <0559> (8799) among the 
people <05971>, Where is their God <0430>?

Joe 02:18 ¶ Then will the LORD <03068> be jealous <07065> (8762) 
for his land <0776>, and pity <02550> (8799) his people <05971>.

Joe 02:19  Yea, the LORD <03068> will answer <06030> (8799) and 
say <0559> (8799) unto his people <05971>, Behold, I will send 
<07971> (8802) you corn <01715>, and wine <08492>, and oil 
<03323>, and ye shall be satisfied <07646> (8804) therewith: and 
I will no more make <05414> (8799) you a reproach <02781> among 
the heathen <01471>:

Joe 02:20  But I will remove far off <07368> (8686) from you the 
northern <06830> army, and will drive <05080> (8689) him into a 
land <0776> barren <06723> and desolate <08077>, with his face 
<06440> toward the east <06931> sea <03220>, and his hinder part 
<05490> toward the utmost <0314> sea <03220>, and his stink 
<0889> shall come up <05927> (8804), and his ill savour <06709> 
shall come up <05927> (8799), because he hath done <06213> 
(8800) great things <01431> (8689).

Joe 02:21  Fear <03372> (8799) not, O land <0127>; be glad 
<01523> (8798) and rejoice <08055> (8798): for the LORD <03068> 
will do <06213> (8800) great things <01431> (8689).

Joe 02:22  Be not afraid <03372> (8799), ye beasts <0929> of the 
field <07704>: for the pastures <04999> of the wilderness 
<04057> do spring <01876> (8804), for the tree <06086> beareth 
<05375> (8804) her fruit <06529>, the fig tree <08384> and the 
vine <01612> do yield <05414> (8804) their strength <02428>.

Joe 02:23  Be glad <01523> (8798) then, ye children <01121> of 
Zion <06726>, and rejoice <08055> (8798) in the LORD <03068> 
your God <0430>: for he hath given <05414> (8804) you the former 
rain <04175> moderately <06666>, and he will cause to come down 
<03381> (8686) for you the rain <01653>, the former rain <04175>,
 and the latter rain <04456> in the first <07223> month.

Joe 02:24  And the floors <01637> shall be full <04390> (8804) 
of wheat <01250>, and the fats <03342> shall overflow <07783> 
(8689) with wine <08492> and oil <03323>.

Joe 02:25  And I will restore <07999> (8765) to you the years 
<08141> that the locust <0697> hath eaten <0398> (8804), the 
cankerworm <03218>, and the caterpiller <02625>, and the 
palmerworm <01501>, my great <01419> army <02428> which I sent 
<07971> (8765) among you.

Joe 02:26  And ye shall eat <0398> (8804) in plenty <0398> 
(8800), and be satisfied <07646> (8800), and praise <01984> 
(8765) the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> your God <0430>, 
that hath dealt <06213> (8804) wondrously <06381> (8687) with 
you: and my people <05971> shall never <05769> be ashamed <0954> 
(8799).

Joe 02:27  And ye shall know <03045> (8804) that I am in the 
midst <07130> of Israel <03478>, and that I am the LORD <03068> 
your God <0430>, and none else: and my people <05971> shall 
never <05769> be ashamed <0954> (8799).

Joe 02:28 ¶ And it shall come to pass afterward <0310>, that I 
will pour out <08210> (8799) my spirit <07307> upon all flesh 
<01320>; and your sons <01121> and your daughters <01323> shall 
prophesy <05012> (8738), your old men <02205> shall dream 
<02492> (8799) dreams <02472>, your young men <0970> shall see 
<07200> (8799) visions <02384>:

Joe 02:29  And also upon the servants <05650> and upon the 
handmaids <08198> in those days <03117> will I pour out <08210> 
(8799) my spirit <07307>.

Joe 02:30  And I will shew <05414> (8804) wonders <04159> in the 
heavens <08064> and in the earth <0776>, blood <01818>, and fire 
<0784>, and pillars <08490> of smoke <06227>.

Joe 02:31  The sun <08121> shall be turned <02015> (8735) into 
darkness <02822>, and the moon <03394> into blood <01818>, 
before <06440> the great <01419> and the terrible <03372> (8737) 
day <03117> of the LORD <03068> come <0935> (8800).

Joe 02:32  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call 
<07121> (8799) on the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> shall be 
delivered <04422> (8735): for in mount <02022> Zion <06726> and 
in Jerusalem <03389> shall be deliverance <06413>, as the LORD 
<03068> hath said <0559> (8804), and in the remnant <08300> whom 
the LORD <03068> shall call <07121> (8802).

Joe 03:01 ¶ For, behold, in those days <03117>, and in that time 
<06256>, when I shall bring again <07725> (8686) (8675) <07725> 
(8799) the captivity <07622> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem 
<03389>,

Joe 03:02  I will also gather <06908> (8765) all nations <01471>,
 and will bring them down <03381> (8689) into the valley <06010> 
of Jehoshaphat <03092>, and will plead <08199> (8738) with them 
there for my people <05971> and for my heritage <05159> Israel 
<03478>, whom they have scattered <06340> (8765) among the 
nations <01471>, and parted <02505> (8765) my land <0776>.

Joe 03:03  And they have cast <03032> (8804) lots <01486> for my 
people <05971>; and have given <05414> (8799) a boy <03206> for 
an harlot <02181> (8802), and sold <04376> (8804) a girl <03207> 
for wine <03196>, that they might drink <08354> (8799).

Joe 03:04  Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre <06865>, 
and Zidon <06721>, and all the coasts <01552> of Palestine 
<06429>? will ye render <07999> (8764) me a recompence <01576>? 
and if ye recompense <01580> (8802) me, swiftly <07031> and 
speedily <04120> will I return <07725> (8686) your recompence 
<01576> upon your own head <07218>;

Joe 03:05  Because ye have taken <03947> (8804) my silver 
<03701> and my gold <02091>, and have carried <0935> (8689) into 
your temples <01964> my goodly <02896> pleasant things <04261>:

Joe 03:06  The children <01121> also of Judah <03063> and the 
children <01121> of Jerusalem <03389> have ye sold <04376> 
(8804) unto the Grecians <03125> <01121>, that ye might remove 
them far <07368> (8687) from their border <01366>.

Joe 03:07  Behold, I will raise <05782> (8688) them out of the 
place <04725> whither ye have sold <04376> (8804) them, and will 
return <07725> (8689) your recompence <01576> upon your own head 
<07218>:

Joe 03:08  And I will sell <04376> (8804) your sons <01121> and 
your daughters <01323> into the hand <03027> of the children 
<01121> of Judah <03063>, and they shall sell <04376> (8804) 
them to the Sabeans <07615>, to a people <01471> far off <07350>:
 for the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> (8765) it.

Joe 03:09 ¶ Proclaim <07121> (8798) ye this among the Gentiles 
<01471>; Prepare <06942> (8761) war <04421>, wake up <05782> 
(8685) the mighty men <01368>, let all the men <0582> of war 
<04421> draw near <05066> (8799); let them come up <05927> 
(8799):

Joe 03:10  Beat <03807> (8798) your plowshares <0855> into 
swords <02719>, and your pruninghooks <04211> into spears 
<07420>: let the weak <02523> say <0559> (8799), I am strong 
<01368>.

Joe 03:11  Assemble <05789> (8798) yourselves, and come <0935> 
(8798), all ye heathen <01471>, and gather yourselves together 
<06908> (8738) round about <05439>: thither cause thy mighty 
ones <01368> to come down <05181> (8685), O LORD <03068>.

Joe 03:12  Let the heathen <01471> be wakened <05782> (8735), 
and come up <05927> (8799) to the valley <06010> of Jehoshaphat 
<03092>: for there will I sit <03427> (8799) to judge <08199> 
(8800) all the heathen <01471> round about <05439>.

Joe 03:13  Put <07971> (8798) ye in the sickle <04038>, for the 
harvest <07105> is ripe <01310> (8804): come <0935> (8798), get 
you down <03381> (8798); for the press <01660> is full <04390> 
(8804), the fats <03342> overflow <07783> (8689); for their 
wickedness <07451> is great <07227>.

Joe 03:14  Multitudes <01995>, multitudes <01995> in the valley 
<06010> of decision <02742>: for the day <03117> of the LORD 
<03068> is near <07138> in the valley <06010> of decision 
<02742>.

Joe 03:15  The sun <08121> and the moon <03394> shall be 
darkened <06937> (8804), and the stars <03556> shall withdraw 
<0622> (8804) their shining <05051>.

Joe 03:16  The LORD <03068> also shall roar <07580> (8799) out 
of Zion <06726>, and utter <05414> (8799) his voice <06963> from 
Jerusalem <03389>; and the heavens <08064> and the earth <0776> 
shall shake <07493> (8804): but the LORD <03068> will be the 
hope <04268> of his people <05971>, and the strength <04581> of 
the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.

Joe 03:17  So shall ye know <03045> (8804) that I am the LORD 
<03068> your God <0430> dwelling <07931> (8802) in Zion <06726>, 
my holy <06944> mountain <02022>: then shall Jerusalem <03389> 
be holy <06944>, and there shall no strangers <02114> (8801) 
pass through <05674> (8799) her any more.

Joe 03:18 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day <03117>, that 
the mountains <02022> shall drop down <05197> (8799) new wine 
<06071>, and the hills <01389> shall flow <03212> (8799) with 
milk <02461>, and all the rivers <0650> of Judah <03063> shall 
flow <03212> (8799) with waters <04325>, and a fountain <04599> 
shall come forth <03318> (8799) of the house <01004> of the LORD 
<03068>, and shall water <08248> (8689) the valley <05158> of 
Shittim <07851>.

Joe 03:19  Egypt <04714> shall be a desolation <08077>, and Edom 
<0123> shall be a desolate <08077> wilderness <04057>, for the 
violence <02555> against the children <01121> of Judah <03063>, 
because they have shed <08210> (8804) innocent <05355> blood 
<01818> in their land <0776>.

Joe 03:20  But Judah <03063> shall dwell <03427> (8799) for ever 
<05769>, and Jerusalem <03389> from generation <01755> to 
generation <01755>.

Joe 03:21  For I will cleanse <05352> (8765) their blood <01818> 
that I have not cleansed <05352> (8765): for the LORD <03068> 
dwelleth <07931> (8802) in Zion <06726>.

 

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