ABP - Joel

Chapter 1

1:1  The word of the lord which came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

1:2  Hear these things, O elders, and give ear all dwelling the land! Have [2taken place 1such things] in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

1:3  Concerning them, [2to 3your children 1describe], and your children to their children, and their children unto [2generation 1another]!

1:4  The things remaining of the caterpillar [3devoured 1the 2locust]; and the things remaining of the locust [3devoured 1the 2grasshopper]; and the things remaining of the grasshopper [3devoured 1the 2blight].

1:5  Sober up, O ones being intoxicated from their wine! Weep and wail all drinking the wine unto intoxication! for it was lifted away from your mouth.

1:6  For a nation ascended upon my land, one strong and innumerable. His teeth [2teeth 1are as lion's], and his molars as cubs.

1:7  He appointed my grapevine for extinction, and my fig-trees for a splinter. In searching he searched it, and tossed it down; he whitened its branches.

1:8  Wail to me more than a bride being girded with sackcloth for the husband of her virginity.

1:9  [4have been lifted away 1The sacrifice 2and 3the libation offering] from the house of the lord. Mourn, O priests! ministers of the lord,

1:10  for [3languish 1the 2plains]. Mourn, O earth, for [2languishes 1the grain]! [2was dried up 1the wine], [2lessened 1the olive oil].

1:11  [2were withered 1The farmers]. Wail for your possessions, for the wheat and barley; for [2he has destroyed 1the gathering of crops] from out of the field!

1:12  The grapevine was dried up, and the fig-trees were lessened; pomegranate, and palm, and apple and all the trees of the field were dried up; for [4shamed 5joy 1the 2sons 3of men].

1:13  Gird and beat yourselves, O priests! Wail, O ones ministering at the altar! Enter, sleep in sackcloths! O ones ministering to God. for [4are at a distance 5from 6the house 7of your God 1the sacrifice offering 2and 3libation offering].

1:14  Sanctify a fast! Proclaim a sacred service! Bring together elders! all the ones dwelling the land, into the house of the lord your God. And cry out to the lord fervently!

1:15  Woe, woe, woe for the day, for [4is near 1the 2day 3of the lord], and as misery from misery, it shall come.

1:16  Were not [3in front of 4your eyes 1foods 2lifted away]? from out of the house of your God gladness and joy?

1:17  [2leap 1Heifers] in their stables, [2are obliterated 1treasures], [2were razed 1wine vats], for [2was dried up 1the grain].

1:18  What shall we put aside for ourselves? [3weep 1The herds 2of oxen], for no [2exists 1pasture] to them; and the flocks of the sheep were obliterated.

1:19  To you, O lord, we shall yell. For fire consumed the beautiful things of the wilderness, and a flame incinerated all the trees of the field.

1:20  And the cattle of the plain look up to you, for [3were dried up 1the releases 2of waters], and fire devoured the beautiful things of the wilderness.

Chapter 2

2:1  Trump with trumpet in Zion! Proclaim in [2mountain 1my holy]! and confound all the ones dwelling in the land! for [4is at hand 1the 2day 3of the lord] -- for it is near.

2:2  A day of darkness and dimness, a day of cloud and fog, as the dawn, there shall be poured upon the mountains [4people 1a vast 2and 3strong], likened to it has not happened from the eon, and after it there shall not be added unto years, for generations of generations.

2:3  The things before him [2fire 1a consuming]; and behind him [2being lighted 1a flame]. As a paradise of delicacy is the earth before his face, and the things behind him a plain of extinction; and ones escaping will not be to him.

2:4  As a sight of horses so the appearance of them; and as horsemen so they shall pursue.

2:5  As the sound of chariots upon the tops of the mountains they shall leap, even as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and as [4people 1a vast 2and 3strong] being deployed for battle.

2:6  From in front of him [2shall be destroyed 1the people]; every face as a burnt earthen pot.

2:7  As warriors, they shall run; and as men of war, they shall ascend upon the walls; and each in his way shall go, and no way shall they turn aside from their roads.

2:8  And each [2from 3his brother 1shall not be at a distance]; [2being burdened 3with 4their shields 1they shall go], and with arrows they shall fall, and no way shall they be ended.

2:9  [2the 3city 1They shall take hold of], and upon the walls they shall run; unto the houses they shall ascend, and through the windows they shall enter as thieves.

2:10  Before his face [3shall be confounded 1the 2earth], and [3shall be shaken 1the 2heaven]; the sun and the moon shall darken, and the stars shall let down their brightness.

2:11  And the lord shall give forth his voice from in front of his force; for [4great 2is 3exceedingly 1his camp]; for [2are strong 3works 1his words]; for great is the day of the lord, [2apparent 1exceedingly], and who will be fit for it?

2:12  And now, says the lord, Return to me with [2entire 3heart 1your] in fasting, and weeping, and beating of the breast!

2:13  And tear your hearts and not your garments! And return to the lord your God! for [2merciful 3and 4pitying 1he is], lenient and full of mercy, and changing his mind concerning the evils.

2:14  Who knows if he shall turn and change his mind, and leave behind him a blessing; even a sacrifice offering and a libation offering to the lord our God?

2:15  Trump a trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast! Proclaim a sacred service!

2:16  Gather together people! Sanctify an assembly! Choose elders! Gather together infants nursing breasts! Let [2go forth 1the groom] from out of his bedroom, and the bride from out of her nuptial chamber!

2:17  [4between 5the 6footing 7and 8the 9altar 10shall weep 1The 2priests 3ministering] to the lord. And they shall say, Spare, O lord, your people! and, You should not give your inheritance unto scorn for the [2to rule 3them 1nations]; so that [4they should not 5say 1among 2the 3nations], Where is their God?

2:18  But the lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.

2:19  And the lord answered and said to his people, Behold, I shall send out to you the grain, and the wine, and the olive oil, and you shall be filled up of them. And I will not give you up any longer for scorning among the nations.

2:20  And the one from the north I will drive out from you, and I will push him into [2land 1a waterless], and I will obliterate his face into the [2sea 1foremost], and the ones of his rear unto the [2sea 1latter]. And [2shall ascend 1his rottenness], and [2shall ascend 1his groaning], for he magnified his works.

2:21  Be of courage, O land! Rejoice and be glad! for the lord magnified to act.

2:22  Be of courage, O cattle of the plain! for [5have burst forth 1the 2plains 3of the 4wilderness]; for the tree bore its fruit; fig-tree and grapevine yielded their strength.

2:23  And O children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the lord your God! for he gave to you the foods for righteousness, and he shall rain to you [2rain 1early] and late, as before.

2:24  And [3shall be filled 1the 2threshing-floors] of grain, and [3shall be overflowing 1the 2vats] of wine and oil.

2:25  And I will recompense to you for the years which [3devoured 1the 2blight], and the grasshopper and locust, and the caterpillar, by [3force 1my 2great] which I sent out unto you.

2:26  And you shall eat with solid food, and shall be filled up, and shall praise the name of the lord your God, who did [2among 3you 1wonders]. And in no way shall [2be disgraced 1my people] into the eon.

2:27  And you shall realize that [3in 4the midst 5of Israel 1I 2am], even I the lord your God, and there is not any besides me. And in no way shall [2be disgraced 3any longer 1my people] into the eon.

2:28  And it will be after these things, I will pour out from my spirit upon all flesh; and [4shall prophesy 1your sons 2and 3your daughters], and your older men [2dreams 1shall dream], and your young men [2visions 1shall see].

2:29  And even upon the manservants, and upon the maidservants, in those days I will pour out from my spirit.

2:30  And I shall execute miracles in the heaven, and upon the earth -- blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

2:31  The sun shall convert into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the [4day 5of the lord 1great 2and 3apparent].

2:32  And it will be all who ever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be delivered. For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be one rescuing, as [3said 1the 2 lord]; and one announcing good news of which the lord was called upon.

Chapter 3

3:1  For behold, I in those days and in that time, whenever [6shall return 1the 2captivity 3of Judah 4and 5Jerusalem],

3:2  I will gather all the nations, and I will lead them into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will litigate with them there for my people, and my inheritance Israel, whom I dispersed among the nations, even the one [2my land 1who divided].

3:3  And [3over 4my people 1they cast 2lots]; and gave the boys to harlots, and [2the 3young women 1sold] for wine, and drank.

3:4  And what are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Philistines? Do [4a recompense 1you 2recompense 3to me]? or [2have resentment 1do you] to me? Swiftly and quickly I will recompense your recompense upon your heads;

3:5  because [2my silver 3and 4my gold 1you took], and the chosen things of mine; the good things you carried into your temples.

3:6  And the sons of Judah, and the sons of Jerusalem you rendered to the sons of the Greeks, so that you should push them from out of their borders.

3:7  And behold, I will awaken them from out of the place of which you rendered them there; and I will recompense your recompense onto your heads.

3:8  And I will render your sons and your daughters into the hands of sons of Judah; and they shall render them into captivity, into a nation far at a distance, for the lord spoke.

3:9  Proclaim these things among the nations! Sanctify a war! Awaken the warriors! Lead forward and ascend all men of war!

3:10  Cut up your plows into broadswords, and your sickles into spears! Let the powerless say that, I am strong!

3:11  Gather together and enter all nations round about! And gather together there! Let the gentle one be a warrior!

3:12  Awaken and ascend all nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat! for there I will sit to separate all the nations round about.

3:13  Send out sickles! for [3stands by 1the 2gathering of the crops]. Enter in! Tread! for [3is full 1the 2wine vat]. [3overflow 1The 2wine-vats], for [2are multiplied 1their evils].

3:14  Sounds resounded in the valley of punishment, for [3is near 1the day 2of the lord] in the valley of punishment.

3:15  The sun and the moon shall darken, and the stars shall let down their brightness.

3:16  But the lord [2from 3Zion 1shall shout aloud], and [3from out of 4Jerusalem 1shall utter 2his voice]. And [6shall be shaken 1the 2heaven 3and 4the 5earth], but the lord shall spare his people, and shall strengthen the sons of Israel.

3:17  And you shall know that I am the lord your God encamping in Zion, [3mountain 2holy 1my]. And Jerusalem will be holy, and foreigners shall go through her no longer.

3:18  And it will be in that day [3will trickle down 1the 2mountains] sweetness, and the hills shall flow milk, and all the releases of Judah shall flow waters; and a spring [2from out of 3the house 4of the lord 1shall come forth], and it shall water the rushing stream of the rushes.

3:19  Egypt [2for 3extinction 1will be], and Edom for a plain of extinction, because of iniquities of the sons of Judah, because they poured out blood of the just in their land.

3:20  But Judea [2into 3the 4eon 1shall dwell], and Jerusalem for generations of generations.

3:21  And I will require their blood, and no way acquit. And the lord shall encamp in Zion.