1:1 The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 that came to Joel 3100 the son 1121 of Pethuel 6602.
1:2 Hear 80858798 this, ye old men 2205, and give ear 2388685, all ye inhabitants 34278802 of the land 776. Hath this been in your days 3117, or even 518 in the days 3117 of your fathers 1?
1:3 Tell 56088761 ye your children 1121 of it, and [let] your children 1121 [tell] their children 1121, and their children 1121 another 312 generation 1755.
1:4 That which the palmerworm 1501 hath left 3499 hath the locust 697 eaten 3988804; and that which the locust 697 hath left 3499 hath the cankerworm 3218 eaten 3988804; and that which the cankerworm 3218 hath left 3499 hath the caterpiller 2625 eaten 3988804.(That which the palmerworm…: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm)
1:6 For a nation 1471 is come up 59278804 upon my land 776, strong 6099, and without number 4557, whose teeth 8127 [are] the teeth 8127 of a lion 738, and he hath the cheek teeth 4973 of a great lion 3833.
1:7 He hath laid 77608804 my vine 1612 waste 8047, and barked 7111 my fig tree 8384: he hath made it clean 28348800 bare 28348804, and cast [it] away 79938689; the branches 8299 thereof are made white 38358689.(barked…: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking)
1:11 Be ye ashamed 30018685, O ye husbandmen 406; howl 32138685, O ye vinedressers 3755, for the wheat 2406 and for the barley 8184; because the harvest 7105 of the field 7704 is perished 68804.
1:12 The vine 1612 is dried up 30018689, and the fig tree 8384 languisheth 5358797; the pomegranate 7416 tree, the palm tree 8558 also, and the apple tree 8598, [even] all the trees 6086 of the field 7704, are withered 30018804: because joy 8342 is withered away 30018689 from the sons 1121 of men 120.
1:14 Sanctify 69428761 ye a fast 6685, call 71218798 a solemn assembly 6116, gather 6228798 the elders 2205 [and] all the inhabitants 34278802 of the land 776 [into] the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 your God 430, and cry 21998798 unto the LORD 3068,(solemn…: or, day of restraint)
1:15 Alas 162 for the day 3117! for the day 3117 of the LORD 3068 [is] at hand 7138, and as a destruction 7701 from the Almighty 7706 shall it come 9358799.
1:16 Is not the meat 400 cut off 37728738 before our eyes 5869, [yea], joy 8057 and gladness 1524 from the house 1004 of our God 430?
1:17 The seed 6507 is rotten 56858804 under their clods 4053, the garners 214 are laid desolate 80748738, the barns 4460 are broken down 20408738; for the corn 1715 is withered 30018689.(seed: Heb. grains)
1:18 How do the beasts 929 groan 5848737! the herds 5739 of cattle 1241 are perplexed 9438738, because they have no pasture 4829; yea, the flocks 5739 of sheep 6629 are made desolate 8168738.
1:19 O LORD 3068, to thee will I cry 71218799: for the fire 784 hath devoured 3988804 the pastures 4999 of the wilderness 4057, and the flame 3852 hath burned 38578765 all the trees 6086 of the field 7704.(pastures: or, habitations)
1:20 The beasts 929 of the field 7704 cry 61658799 also unto thee: for the rivers 650 of waters 4325 are dried up 30018804, and the fire 784 hath devoured 3988804 the pastures 4999 of the wilderness 4057.