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,book #bi ,joel  #jja3jja ,the ,word of 
,yahweh that came to ,joel1 the son of  
,pethuel4  #jja3jjb ,hear this1 you     
elders1 ,and listen1 all you inhabitants
 of the land4          ,has this ever   
happened in your days1 or in the days   
of your fathers8  #jja3jjc ,tell your   
children about it1 and have your        
children tell          their children1  
and their children1 another generation4 
#jja3jjd ,what the swarming locust has  
left1 the great locust has eaten4       
,what the great locust has left1 the    
grasshopper has eaten4          ,what   
the grasshopper has left1 the           
caterpillar has eaten4  #jja3jje ,wake  
up1 you drunkards1 and weep6  ,wail1 all
 you drinkers of wine1          because 
of the sweet wine2 for it is cut off    
from your mouth4  #jja3jjf ,for a nation
 has come up on my land1 strong1 and    
without number4          ,his teeth are 
the teeth of a lion1 and he has the     

fangs          of a lioness4  #jja3jjg  
,he has laid my vine waste1 and stripped
 my fig tree4          ,he has stripped 
its bark1 and thrown it away4  ,its     
branches          are made white4       
#jja3jjh ,mourn like a virgin dressed in
 sackcloth for the husband          of  
her youth6  #jja3jji ,the meal offering 
and the drink offering are cut off from 
,yahweh's house4  ,the priests1         
,yahweh's ministers1 mourn4  #jja3jaj   
,the field is laid waste4  ,the land    
mourns1 for the grain          is       
destroyed1 ,the new wine has dried up1  
and the oil languishes4  #jja3jaa ,be   
confounded1 you farmers6  ,wail1 you    
vineyard keepers2          for the wheat
 and for the barley2 for the harvest of 
the          field has perished4        
#jja3jab ,the vine has dried up1 and the
 fig tree withered2          the        
pomegranate tree1 the palm tree also1   
and the apple tree1          even all of
 the trees of the field are withered2   
for joy has          withered away from 

the sons of men4  #jja3jac ,put on      
sackcloth and mourn1 you priests6       
,wail1 you ministers          of the    
altar4  ,come1 lie all night in         
sackcloth1 you ministers          of my 
,god1 for the meal offering and the     
drink offering are          withheld    
from your ,god's house4  #jja3jad       
,sanctify a fast4  ,call a solemn       
assembly4  ,gather the elders1          
and all the inhabitants of the land1 to 
the house of ,yahweh1          your     
,god1 and cry to ,yahweh4  #jja3jae     
,alas for the day6  ,for the day of     
,yahweh is at hand1 and it          will
 come as destruction from the ,almighty4
  #jja3jaf ,isn't the food cut off      
before our eyes2 joy and gladness       
from the house of our ,god8  #jja3jag   
,the seeds rot under their clods4  ,the 
granaries are laid desolate4            
,the barns are broken down1 for the     
grain has withered4  #jja3jah ,how the  
animals groan6  ,the herds of livestock 
are perplexed1          because they    

have no pasture4  ,yes1 the flocks of   
sheep          are made desolate4       
#jja3jai ,yahweh1 ,i cry to you1 ,for   
the fire has devoured the pastures      
of the wilderness1 and the flame has    
burned all the trees          of the    
field4  #jja3jbj ,yes1 the animals of   
the field pant to you1 for the water    
brooks have dried up1 ,and the fire has 
devoured the pastures          of the   
wilderness4  #jjb3jja ,blow the trumpet 
in ,zion1 and sound an alarm in my holy 
mountain6          ,let all the         
inhabitants of the land tremble1 for the
 day          of ,yahweh comes1 for it  
is close at hand3  #jjb3jjb ,a day of   
darkness and gloominess1 a day of clouds
 and thick darkness4          ,as the   
dawn spreading on the mountains1 a great
 and strong people2          there has  
never been the like1 neither will there 
be any more          after them1 even to
 the years of many generations4         
#jjb3jjc ,a fire devours before them1   
and behind them1 a flame burns4         

,the land is as the garden of ,eden     
before them1 and behind them1          a
 desolate wilderness4  ,yes1 and no one 
has escaped them4  #jjb3jjd ,the        
appearance of them is as the appearance 
of horses1          and as horsemen1 so 
do they run4  #jjb3jje ,like the noise  
of chariots on the tops of the mountains
 do they leap1          like the noise  
of a flame of fire that devours the     
stubble1          as a strong people set
 in battle array4  #jjb3jjf ,at their   
presence the peoples are in anguish4    
,all faces          have grown pale4    
#jjb3jjg ,they run like mighty men4     
,they climb the wall like warriors4     
,they each march in his line1 and they  
don't swerve off course4  #jjb3jjh      
,neither does one jostle another2 they  
march everyone in his path1          and
 they burst through the defenses1 and   
don't break ranks4  #jjb3jji ,they rush 
on the city4  ,they run on the wall4    
,they climb up          into the houses4
  ,they enter in at the windows like    

thieves4  #jjb3jaj ,the earth quakes    
before them4  ,the heavens tremble4     
,the sun and the moon are darkened1 and 
the stars          withdraw their       
shining4  #jjb3jaa ,yahweh thunders his 
voice before his army2 for his forces   
are very great2 for he is strong who    
obeys his command2          for the day 
of ,yahweh is great and very awesome1   
and who          can endure it8         
#jjb3jab ,yet even now1 says ,yahweh1   
turn to me with all your heart1         
and with fasting1 and with weeping1 and 
with mourning4  #jjb3jac ,tear your     
heart1 and not your garments1 and turn  
to ,yahweh1          your ,god2 for he  
is gracious and merciful1 slow to anger1
          and abundant in loving        
kindness1 and relents from sending      
calamity4  #jjb3jad ,who knows8  ,he may
 turn and relent1 and leave a blessing  
behind him1          even a meal        
offering and a drink offering to        
,yahweh1 your ,god4  #jjb3jae ,blow the 
trumpet in ,zion6  ,sanctify a fast4    

,call a solemn assembly4  #jjb3jaf      
,gather the people4  ,sanctify the      
assembly4  ,assemble the elders4        
,gather the children1 and those who suck
 the breasts4          ,let the         
bridegroom go forth from his room1 and  
the bride          out of her chamber4  
#jjb3jag ,let the priests1 the ministers
 of ,yahweh1 weep between the porch     
and the altar1 and let them say1 ,spare 
your people1 ,yahweh1          and don't
 give your heritage to reproach1 that   
the nations          should rule over   
them4  ,why should they say among the   
peoples1          ',where is their      
,god8'  #jjb3jah ,then ,yahweh was      
jealous for his land1 ,and had pity on  
his people4  #jjb3jai ,yahweh answered  
his people1 ,behold1 ,i will send you   
grain1          new wine1 and oil1 and  
you will be satisfied with them2        
and ,i will no more make you a reproach 
among the nations4  #jjb3jbj ,but ,i    
will remove the northern army far away  
from you1          and will drive it    

into a barren and desolate land1 its    
front          into the eastern sea1 and
 its back into the western sea2         
and its stench will come up1 and its bad
 smell will rise4          ,surely he   
has done great things4  #jjb3jba ,land1 
don't be afraid4  ,be glad and rejoice1 
for ,yahweh has          done great     
things4  #jjb3jbb ,don't be afraid1 you 
animals of the field2 for the pastures  
of the wilderness spring up1 for the    
tree bears its fruit4          ,the fig 
tree and the vine yield their strength4 
#jjb3jbc ,be glad then1 you children of 
,zion1 and rejoice in ,yahweh1          
your ,god2 for he gives you the former  
rain in just measure1          and he   
causes the rain to come down for you1   
the former rain          and the latter 
rain1 as before4  #jjb3jbd ,the         
threshing floors will be full of wheat1 
and the vats          will overflow with
 new wine and oil4  #jjb3jbe ,i will    
restore to you the years that the       
swarming locust has eaten1          the 

great locust1 the grasshopper1 and the  
caterpillar1          my great army1    
which ,i sent among you4  #jjb3jbf ,you 
will have plenty to eat1 and be         
satisfied1 and will praise          the 
name of ,yahweh1 your ,god1 who has     
dealt wondrously with you2          and 
my people will never again be           
disappointed4  #jjb3jbg ,you will know  
that ,i am in the midst of ,israel1 and 
that ,i          am ,yahweh1 your ,god1 
and there is no one else2 and my people 
will never again be disappointed4       
#jjb3jbh ,it will happen afterward1 that
 ,i will pour out my ,spirit on         
all flesh2 and your sons and your       
daughters will prophesy4          ,your 
old men will dream dreams4  ,your young 
men will see visions4  #jjb3jbi ,and    
also on the servants and on the         
handmaids in those days1          ,i    
will pour out my ,spirit4  #jjb3jcj ,i  
will show wonders in the heavens and in 
the earth3          blood1 fire1 and    
pillars of smoke4  #jjb3jca ,the sun    

will be turned into darkness1 and the   
moon into blood1          before the    
great and terrible day of ,yahweh comes4
  #jjb3jcb ,it will happen that whoever 
will call on the name of ,yahweh        
shall be saved2 for in ,mount ,zion and 
in ,jerusalem there will          be    
those who escape1 as ,yahweh has said1  
and among the remnant1          those   
whom ,yahweh calls4  #jjc3jja ,for1     
behold1 in those days1 and in that time1
 when ,i restore          the fortunes  
of ,judah and ,jerusalem1  #jjc3jjb ,i  
will gather all nations1 and will bring 
them down into          the valley of   
,jehoshaphat2 and ,i will execute       
judgment on them          there for my  
people1 and for my heritage1 ,israel1   
whom they          have scattered among 
the nations4  ,they have divided my     
land1  #jjc3jjc and have cast lots for  
my people1 and have given a boy for     
a prostitute1 and sold a girl for wine1 
that they may drink4  #jjc3jjd ,yes1 and
 what are you to me1 ,tyre1 and ,sidon1 

and all the regions of ,philistia8      
,will you repay me8          ,and if you
 repay me1 ,i will swiftly and speedily 
return          your repayment on your  
own head4  #jjc3jje ,because you have   
taken my silver and my gold1 and have   
carried          my finest treasures    
into your temples1  #jjc3jjf and have   
sold the children of ,judah and the     
children of ,jerusalem          to the  
sons of the ,greeks1 that you may remove
 them far          from their border4   
#jjc3jjg ,behold1 ,i will stir them up  
out of the place where you have         
sold them1 and will return your         
repayment on your own head2  #jjc3jjh   
and ,i will sell your sons and your     
daughters into the hands          of the
 children of ,judah1 and they will sell 
them to the men          of ,sheba1 to a
 faraway nation1 for ,yahweh has spoken 
it4  #jjc3jji ,proclaim this among the  
nations3  ,prepare for war6             
,stir up the mighty men4  ,let all the  
warriors draw near4          ,let them  

come up4  #jjc3jaj ,beat your plowshares
 into swords1 and your pruning hooks    
into spears4          ,let the weak say1
 ',i am strong4'  #jjc3jaa ,hurry and   
come1 all you surrounding nations1 and  
gather          yourselves together4    
,cause your mighty ones to come         
down there1 ,yahweh4  #jjc3jab ,let the 
nations arouse themselves1 and come up  
to the valley          of ,jehoshaphat2 
for there will ,i sit to judge all      
the surrounding nations4  #jjc3jac ,put 
in the sickle2 for the harvest is ripe4 
,come1 tread1          for the winepress
 is full1 the vats overflow1 for their  
wickedness is great4  #jjc3jad          
,multitudes1 multitudes in the valley of
 decision6          ,for the day of     
,yahweh is near1 in the valley of       
decision4  #jjc3jae ,the sun and the    
moon are darkened1 and the stars        
withdraw their shining4  #jjc3jaf       
,yahweh will roar from ,zion1 and       
thunder from ,jerusalem2          and   
the heavens and the earth will shake2   

but ,yahweh will be a          refuge to
 his people1 and a stronghold to the    
children of ,israel4  #jjc3jag ,so you  
will know that ,i am ,yahweh1 your ,god1
 dwelling in ,zion1          my holy    
mountain4  ,then ,jerusalem will be     
holy1 and no strangers          will    
pass through her any more4  #jjc3jah ,it
 will happen in that day1 that the      
mountains will drop down          sweet 
wine1 the hills will flow with milk1 all
 the brooks          of ,judah will flow
 with waters1 and a fountain will come  
forth          from the house of        
,yahweh1 and will water the valley of   
,shittim4  #jjc3jai ,egypt will be a    
desolation1 and ,edom will be a desolate
 wilderness1          for the violence  
done to the children of ,judah1 because 
they          have shed innocent blood  
in their land4  #jjc3jbj ,but ,judah    
will be inhabited forever1 and          
,jerusalem from          generation to  
generation4  #jjc3jba ,i will cleanse   
their blood1 that ,i have not cleansed3 

for ,yahweh dwells in ,zion4