GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:29urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:29The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel . Hear this , ye old men , and give ear , all ye inhabitants of the land . Hath this been in your days , or even in the days of your fathers ? Tell your children of it , and [ let ] your children [ tell ] their children , and their children another generation : that which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten ; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten ; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten . Awake , ye drunkards , and weep ; and howl , all ye drinkers of wine , because of the new wine : for it is cut off from your mouth . For a nation is come up upon my land , strong and without number : his teeth are the teeth of a lion , and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness . He hath made my vine a desolation , and barked my fig-tree ; he hath made it clean bare , and cast it away : its branches are made white . Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth . The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah ; the priests , Jehovah's ministers , mourn . The field is laid waste , the land mourneth ; for the corn is wasted , the new wine is dried up , the oil languisheth . Be ashamed , ye husbandmen ; howl , ye vinedressers , for the wheat and for the barley : because the harvest of the field hath perished . The vine is dried up , and the fig-tree languisheth ; the pomegranate-tree , the palm also and the apple-tree ; all the trees of the field are withered , yea , joy is withered away from the children of men . Gird yourselves , and lament , ye priests ; howl , ministers of the altar ; come , lie all night in sackcloth , ye ministers of my God : for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God . Hallow a fast , proclaim a solemn assembly , gather the elders , [ and ] all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God , and cry unto Jehovah . Alas for the day ! for the day of Jehovah is at hand , and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come . Is not the food cut off before our eyes , joy and gladness from the house of our God ? The seeds are rotten under their clods , the granaries are laid desolate , the barns are broken down ; for the corn is withered . How do the beasts groan ! The herds of cattle are bewildered , for they have no pasture ; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering . To thee , Jehovah , do I cry ; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness , and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field . The beasts of the field also cry unto thee ; for the water-courses are dried , and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness . Blow the trumpet in Zion , and sound an alarm in my holy mountain ; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble : for the day of Jehovah cometh , for it is at hand ; a day of darkness and gloom , a day of clouds and gross darkness , as the dawn spread upon the mountains ; -- a great people and a strong ; there hath not been ever the like , neither shall be any more after them , to the years of generations and generations . A fire devoureth before them , and behind them a flame burneth ; the land is as a garden of Eden before them , and behind them a desolate wilderness : yea , and nothing escapeth them . The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses ; and as horsemen , so they run . Like the noise of chariots , on the tops of the mountains , they leap ; like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble , as a strong people set in battle array . Before them the peoples are in anguish : all faces turn pale . They run like mighty men ; they climb the wall like men of war ; and they march every one on his ways , and break not their ranks . Neither doth one press upon another ; they march every one in his path ; and fall amid weapons , but are not wounded . They spread themselves over the city ; they run upon the wall ; they climb up into the houses ; they enter in by the windows like a thief . The earth quaketh before them ; the heavens tremble ; the sun and the moon are darkened , and the stars withdraw their shining . And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army ; for his camp is very great ; for strong is he that executeth his word : for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible ; and who can bear it ? Yet even now , saith Jehovah , turn to me with all your heart , and with fasting , and with weeping , and with mourning ; and rend your heart , and not your garments , and turn unto Jehovah your God : for he is gracious and merciful , slow to anger , and of great loving-kindness , and repenteth him of the evil . Who knoweth ? He might return and repent , and leave a blessing behind him , an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God ? Blow the trumpet in Zion , hallow a fast , proclaim a solemn assembly ; gather the people , hallow the congregation , assemble the elders , gather the children , and those that suck the breasts ; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber , and the bride from her closet . Let the priests , the ministers of Jehovah , weep between the porch and the altar , and let them say , Spare , O Jehovah , thy people , and give not thine inheritance to reproach , that they should be a byword of the nations . Wherefore should they say among the peoples , Where is their God ? Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land , and will have pity on his people . And Jehovah will answer and say unto his people , Behold , I send you corn , and new wine , and oil , and ye shall be satisfied therewith ; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations . And I will remove far off from you him [ that cometh ] from the north , and will drive him into a land barren and desolate , his face toward the eastern sea , and his rear toward the hinder sea ; and his stench shall come up , and his ill odour shall come up , for he hath exalted himself to do great things . -- Fear not , O land ; be glad and rejoice : for Jehovah doeth great things . Be not afraid , ye beasts of the field : for the pastures of the wilderness do spring ; for the tree beareth its fruit ; the fig-tree and the vine yield full increase . And ye , children of Zion , be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God ; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure , and he causeth to come down for you the rain , the early rain , and the latter rain at the beginning [ of the season ] . And the floors shall be full of corn , and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil . And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten , the cankerworm , and the caterpillar , and the palmer-worm , my great army which I sent among you . And ye shall eat in plenty , and be satisfied , and praise the name of Jehovah your God , who hath dealt wondrously with you : and my people shall never be ashamed . And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel , and that I , Jehovah , [ am ] your God , and there is none else : and my people shall never be ashamed . And it shall come to pass afterwards [ that ] I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy , your old men shall dream dreams , your young men shall see visions . Yea , even upon the bondmen and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit . And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth , blood , and fire , and pillars of smoke . The sun shall be changed to darkness , and the moon to blood , before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come . And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be saved : for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance , as Jehovah hath said , and for the residue whom Jehovah shall call . For behold , in those days , and in that time , when I shall turn again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem , I will also gather all the nations , and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat , and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people and mine inheritance , Israel , whom they have scattered among the nations : and they have parted my land ; and they have cast lots for my people , and have given a boy for a harlot , and sold a girl for wine , and have drunk [ it ] . Yea also , what have ye to do with me , O Tyre and Zidon , and all the districts of Philistia ? Will ye render me a recompence ? But if ye recompense me , swiftly [ and ] speedily will I bring your recompence upon your own head ; because ye have taken my silver and my gold , and have carried into your temples my beautiful pleasant things , and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks , that ye might remove them far from their border . Behold , I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them , and will bring your recompence upon your own head . And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah , and they shall sell them to the Sabeans , to a nation far off : for Jehovah hath spoken . Proclaim this among the nations : prepare war , arouse the mighty men , let all the men of war draw near , let them come up . Beat your ploughshares into swords , and your pruning-knives into spears ; let the weak say , I am strong . Haste ye and come , all ye nations round about , and gather yourselves together . Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down , O Jehovah . Let the nations rouse themselves , and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat ; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about . Put in the sickle , for the harvest is ripe : come , get you down , for the press is full , the vats overflow ; for their wickedness is great . Multitudes , multitudes in the valley of decision ! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision . The sun and the moon shall be darkened , and the stars shall withdraw their shining . And Jehovah will roar from Zion , and utter his voice from Jerusalem ; and the heavens and the earth shall shake : and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people , and the refuge of the children of Israel . And ye shall know that I , Jehovah , [ am ] your God , dwelling in Zion , my holy mountain ; and Jerusalem shall be holy , and no strangers shall pass through her any more . And it shall come to pass in that day , that the mountains shall drop down new wine , and the hills shall flow with milk , and all the water-courses of Judah shall flow with waters ; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah , and shall water the valley of Shittim . Egypt shall be a desolation , and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness , for the violence against the children of Judah , in that they have shed innocent blood in their land . But Judah shall abide for ever , and Jerusalem from generation to generation . And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them : for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion .