{"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/erv/joel/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T03:32:43.568Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Joel","bookSlug":"joel","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word of the LORD 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 in the days of your fathers?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"That which the palmerworm 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 caterpiller eaten."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet 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 jaw teeth of a great lion."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The meal offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The seeds rot under their clods; the garners 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 perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"O LORD, to thee do I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Joel 1 (ERV)","markdown":"[Joel 1](https://primebible.com/erv/joel/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/joel/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}