1. The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
2. Hear this, you elders;listen, all you inhabitants of the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
3. Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children,and their children the next generation.
4. What the devouring locust has left,the swarming locust has eaten;what the swarming locust has left,the young locust has eaten;and what the young locust has left,the destroying locust has eaten.
5. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;wail, all you wine drinkers,because of the sweet wine,for it has been taken from your mouth.
6. For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number;its teeth are the teeth of a lion,and it has the fangs of a lioness.
7. It has devastated My grapevineand splintered My fig tree.It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away;its branches have turned white.