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.
11 aBe ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
12 aThe vine has dried up,
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely bjoy has withered away from the sons of men.
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely bjoy has withered away from the sons of men.
Mourning for the Land
13 aGird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
14 aConsecrate a fast,
Call ba sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And call the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.
Call ba sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And call the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.
15 aAlas for the day!
For bthe day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
For bthe day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
17 The seed shrivels under the clods,
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.
18 How athe animals groan!
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep1 suffer punishment.
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep1 suffer punishment.
19 O Lord, ato You I cry out;
For bfire has devoured the open pastures,
And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
For bfire has devoured the open pastures,
And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 The beasts of the field also acry out to You,
For bthe water brooks are dried up,
And fire has devoured the1 open pastures.
For bthe water brooks are dried up,
And fire has devoured the1 open pastures.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Joel 1:10.
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