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א
דְּבַר-יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה, אֶל-יוֹאֵל בֶּן-פְּתוּאֵל.
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The word of YAHOWAH that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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ב
שִׁמְעוּ-זֹאת, הַזְּקֵנִים, וְהַאֲזִינוּ, כֹּל יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ; הֶהָיְתָה זֹּאת בִּימֵיכֶם, וְאִם בִּימֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם.
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2
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
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ג
עָלֶיהָ, לִבְנֵיכֶם סַפֵּרוּ; וּבְנֵיכֶם, לִבְנֵיהֶם, וּבְנֵיהֶם, לְדוֹר אַחֵר.
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3
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
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ד
יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם אָכַל הָאַרְבֶּה, וְיֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה אָכַל הַיָּלֶק; וְיֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק, אָכַל הֶחָסִיל.
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4
That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
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ה
הָקִיצוּ שִׁכּוֹרִים וּבְכוּ, וְהֵילִלוּ כָּל-שֹׁתֵי יָיִן; עַל-עָסִיס, כִּי נִכְרַת מִפִּיכֶם.
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Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
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ו
כִּי-גוֹי עָלָה עַל-אַרְצִי, עָצוּם וְאֵין מִסְפָּר; שִׁנָּיו שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה, וּמְתַלְּעוֹת לָבִיא לוֹ.
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For a people is come up upon my land, mighty, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
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ז
שָׂם גַּפְנִי לְשַׁמָּה, וּתְאֵנָתִי לִקְצָפָה; חָשֹׂף חֲשָׂפָהּ וְהִשְׁלִיךְ, הִלְבִּינוּ שָׂרִיגֶיהָ.
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He hath laid my vine waste, and blasted my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it down, the branches thereof are made white.
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ח
אֱלִי, כִּבְתוּלָה חֲגֻרַת-שַׂק עַל-בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
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8
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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ט
הָכְרַת מִנְחָה וָנֶסֶךְ, מִבֵּית יְהוָה; אָבְלוּ, הַכֹּהֲנִים, מְשָׁרְתֵי, יְהוָה.
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9
The meal-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of YAHOWAH; the priests mourn, even YAHOWAH'S ministers.
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י
שֻׁדַּד שָׂדֶה, אָבְלָה אֲדָמָה: כִּי שֻׁדַּד דָּגָן, הוֹבִישׁ תִּירוֹשׁ אֻמְלַל יִצְהָר.
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10
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
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יא
הֹבִישׁוּ אִכָּרִים, הֵילִילוּ כֹּרְמִים, עַל-חִטָּה, וְעַל-שְׂעֹרָה: כִּי אָבַד, קְצִיר שָׂדֶה.
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Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
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יב
הַגֶּפֶן הוֹבִישָׁה, וְהַתְּאֵנָה אֻמְלָלָה; רִמּוֹן גַּם-תָּמָר וְתַפּוּחַ, כָּל-עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יָבֵשׁוּ--כִּי-הֹבִישׁ שָׂשׂוֹן, מִן-בְּנֵי אָדָם. {ס}
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The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered; for joy is withered away from the sons of men.
{S}
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יג
חִגְרוּ וְסִפְדוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים, הֵילִילוּ מְשָׁרְתֵי מִזְבֵּחַ--בֹּאוּ לִינוּ בַשַּׂקִּים, מְשָׁרְתֵי אֱלֹהָי: כִּי נִמְנַע מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, מִנְחָה וָנָסֶךְ.
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Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests, wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my Eloheem; for the meal-offering and the drink-offering is withholden from the house of your Eloheem.
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יד
קַדְּשׁוּ-צוֹם, קִרְאוּ עֲצָרָה--אִסְפוּ זְקֵנִים כֹּל יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ, בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם; וְזַעֲקוּ, אֶל-יְהוָה.
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Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of YAHOWAH your Eloheem, and cry unto YAHOWAH.
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טו
אֲהָהּ, לַיּוֹם: כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם יְהוָה, וּכְשֹׁד מִשַּׁדַּי יָבוֹא.
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Alas for the day! for the day of YAHOWAH is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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טז
הֲלוֹא נֶגֶד עֵינֵינוּ, אֹכֶל נִכְרָת; מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֵינוּ, שִׂמְחָה וָגִיל.
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Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our Eloheem?
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יז
עָבְשׁוּ פְרֻדוֹת, תַּחַת מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם--נָשַׁמּוּ אֹצָרוֹת, נֶהֶרְסוּ מַמְּגֻרוֹת: כִּי הֹבִישׁ, דָּגָן.
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The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
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יח
מַה-נֶּאֶנְחָה בְהֵמָה, נָבֹכוּ עֶדְרֵי בָקָר--כִּי אֵין מִרְעֶה, לָהֶם; גַּם-עֶדְרֵי הַצֹּאן, נֶאְשָׁמוּ.
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How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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יט
אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה, אֶקְרָא: כִּי אֵשׁ, אָכְלָה נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר, וְלֶהָבָה, לִהֲטָה כָּל-עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה.
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Unto Thee, O YAHOWAH, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath set ablaze all the trees of the field.
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כ
גַּם-בַּהֲמוֹת שָׂדֶה, תַּעֲרוֹג אֵלֶיךָ: כִּי יָבְשׁוּ, אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם, וְאֵשׁ, אָכְלָה נְאוֹת הַמִּדְבָּר. {ס}
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Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto Thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
{S}
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