5 Awake, you adrunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
bFor it has been cut off from your mouth.
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
bFor it has been cut off from your mouth.
6 For aa nation has come up against My land,
Strong, and without number;
bHis teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a1 fierce lion.
Strong, and without number;
bHis teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a1 fierce lion.
7 He has alaid waste My vine,
And1 ruined My fig tree;
He has stripped it bare and thrown it away;
Its branches are made white.
And1 ruined My fig tree;
He has stripped it bare and thrown it away;
Its branches are made white.
9 aThe grain offering and the drink offering
Have been cut off from the house of the Lord;
The priests bmourn, who minister to the Lord.
Have been cut off from the house of the Lord;
The priests bmourn, who minister to the Lord.
10 The field is wasted,
aThe land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
bThe new wine is dried up,
The oil fails.
aThe land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
bThe new wine is dried up,
The oil fails.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Matthew Henry for Joel 1:7.
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