Joel 1 – Studienbibel

1 The word1697 of the LORD3068 that came to Joel3100 the son1121 of Pethuel6602. 2 Hear8085 this, ye old men2205, and give ear238, all ye inhabitants3427 of the land776. Hath this been in your days3117, or even518 in the days3117 of your fathers1? 3 Tell5608 ye your children1121 of it, and let your children1121 tell their children1121, and their children1121 another312 generation1755. 4 That which the palmerworm1501 hath left3499 hath the locust697 eaten398; and that which the locust697 hath left3499 hath the cankerworm3218 eaten398; and that which the cankerworm3218 hath left3499 hath the caterpiller2625 eaten398.¹ 5 Awake6974, ye drunkards7910, and weep1058; and howl3213, all ye drinkers8354 of wine3196, because of the new wine6071; for it is cut off3772 from your mouth6310. 6 For a nation1471 is come up5927 upon my land776, strong6099, and without number4557, whose teeth8127 are the teeth8127 of a lion738, and he hath the cheek teeth4973 of a great lion3833. 7 He hath laid7760 my vine1612 waste8047, and barked7111 my fig tree8384: he hath made it clean2834 bare2834, and cast it away7993; the branches8299 thereof are made white3835.²

8 Lament421 like a virgin1330 girded2296 with sackcloth8242 for the husband1167 of her youth5271. 9 The meat offering4503 and the drink offering5262 is cut off3772 from the house1004 of the LORD3068; the priests3548, the LORD'S3068 ministers8334, mourn56. 10 The field7704 is wasted7703, the land127 mourneth56; for the corn1715 is wasted7703: the new wine8492 is dried up3001, the oil3323 languisheth535. 11 Be ye ashamed3001, O ye husbandmen406; howl3213, O ye vinedressers3755, for the wheat2406 and for the barley8184; because the harvest7105 of the field7704 is perished6. 12 The vine1612 is dried up3001, and the fig tree8384 languisheth535; the pomegranate7416 tree, the palm tree8558 also, and the apple tree8598, even all the trees6086 of the field7704, are withered3001: because joy8342 is withered away3001 from the sons1121 of men120. 13 Gird2296 yourselves, and lament5594, ye priests3548: howl3213, ye ministers8334 of the altar4196: come935, lie all night3885 in sackcloth8242, ye ministers8334 of my God430: for the meat offering4503 and the drink offering5262 is withholden4513 from the house1004 of your God430.

14 Sanctify6942 ye a fast6685, call7121 a solemn assembly6116, gather622 the elders2205 and all the inhabitants3427 of the land776 into the house1004 of the LORD3068 your God430, and cry2199 unto the LORD3068,³ 15 Alas162 for the day3117! for the day3117 of the LORD3068 is at hand7138, and as a destruction7701 from the Almighty7706 shall it come935. 16 Is not the meat400 cut off3772 before our eyes5869, yea, joy8057 and gladness1524 from the house1004 of our God430? 17 The seed6507 is rotten5685 under their clods4053, the garners214 are laid desolate8074, the barns4460 are broken down2040; for the corn1715 is withered3001.⁴ 18 How do the beasts929 groan584! the herds5739 of cattle1241 are perplexed943, because they have no pasture4829; yea, the flocks5739 of sheep6629 are made desolate816. 19 O LORD3068, to thee will I cry7121: for the fire784 hath devoured398 the pastures4999 of the wilderness4057, and the flame3852 hath burned3857 all the trees6086 of the field7704.⁵ 20 The beasts929 of the field7704 cry6165 also unto thee: for the rivers650 of waters4325 are dried up3001, and the fire784 hath devoured398 the pastures4999 of the wilderness4057.