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The Invisibles and the Forgotten

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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Joel son of Pethuel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">An Invasion of Locusts</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear this, you elders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">listen, all who live in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">Has anything like this ever happened in your days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">or in the days of your ancestors?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tell it to your children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and let your children tell it to their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and their children to the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">What the locust swarm has left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the great locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the great locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the young locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the young locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">other locusts</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> have eaten.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">Wail, all you drinkers of wine;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">wail because of the new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">for it has been snatched from your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A nation has invaded my land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">a mighty army without number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">it has the teeth of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">the fangs of a lioness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It has laid waste my vines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and ruined my fig trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">It has stripped off their bark</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and thrown it away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">leaving their branches white.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">grieving for the betrothed of her youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">are cut off from the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">The priests are in mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">those who minister before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fields are ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the ground is dried up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the grain is destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the new wine is dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the olive oil fails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Despair, you farmers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">wail, you vine growers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">grieve for the wheat and the barley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">because the harvest of the field is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The vine is dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">and the fig tree is withered;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">the pomegranate, the palm and the apple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricot</span></span></span><span class="content"> tree&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">all the trees of the field&#8212;are dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">Surely the people&#8217;s joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">is withered away.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Lamentation</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">wail, you who minister before the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">Come, spend the night in sackcloth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">you who minister before my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">for the grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">are withheld from the house of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Declare a holy fast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">Summon the elders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and all who live in the land</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and cry out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Alas for that day!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">it will come like destruction from the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Has not the food been cut off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">before our very eyes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">joy and gladness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">from the house of our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seeds are shriveled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">beneath the clods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">The storehouses are in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">the granaries have been broken down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">for the grain has dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">How the cattle moan!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">The herds mill about</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">because they have no pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">even the flocks of sheep are suffering.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I call,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even the wild animals pant for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">the streams of water have dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.</span></span></div>
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