{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/joel/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:44:21.924Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Joel","bookSlug":"joel","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Joel 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[Joel 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/joel/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/joel/1 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}