Joel 1

¹This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

²Hear this, O elders;

³Tell it to your children;

⁴What the devouring locust has left,

⁵Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;

⁶For a nation has invaded My land,

⁷It has laid waste My grapevine

⁸Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,

⁹Grain and drink offerings have been cut off

¹⁰The field is ruined;

¹¹Be dismayed, O farmers,

¹²The grapevine is dried up,

¹³Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;

¹⁴Consecrate a fast;

¹⁵Alas for the day!

¹⁶Has not the food been cut off

¹⁷The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;

¹⁸How the cattle groan!

¹⁹To You, O LORD, I call,

²⁰Even the beasts of the field pant for You,