1 The|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*’s message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Joel|strong="H3100", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pethuel|strong="H6602".
2 Hear|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063", elders|strong="H2205",
3 Recount|strong="H5608" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121";
4 That|strong="H3499" which the|strong="H3499" cutting locust|strong="H3218" has|strong="H3218" left|strong="H3499",
5 Awake|strong="H6974", drunkards|strong="H7910", and|strong="H6310" weep|strong="H1058",
6 For|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" has|strong="H3588" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" land,
7 It|strong="H7760" has|strong="H1612" laid|strong="H7760" waste|strong="H8047" my|strong="H7760" vines|strong="H1612",
8 Wail as|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" bride, clad in|strong="H5921" sack-cloth,
9 Cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" cereal and|strong="H3068" drink-offerings
10 The|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704" are|strong="H7703" blasted,
11 Be|strong="H3588" dismayed, farmers;
12 The|strong="H3605" vine|strong="H1612" fails to|strong="H1121" bear fruit|strong="H3605",
13 Put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H2296" sackcloth|strong="H8242", and|strong="H1004" beat|strong="H5594" your|strong="H3588" breasts, priests|strong="H3548";
14 Sanctify|strong="H6942" a|strong="H3068" fast|strong="H6685",
15 Alas for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117"!
16 Is|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" food|strong="H1004" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772"
17 The|strong="H3588" grains shrivel|strong="H5685" under|strong="H8478" their|strong="H3588" hoes,
18 How|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H1241" bellow in|strong="H6629" distress,
19 To|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, I|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121".
20 The|strong="H3588" wild|strong="H7704" animals also|strong="H1571" look up|strong="H3001" to|strong="H4325" you|strong="H3588" longingly,