The Invasion of Locusts
This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: Act 2:16Jer 1:22Pe 1:21Ezk 1:3Hos 1:1
Hear this, O elders; Jol 2:2Hos 5:1Jer 30:7Job 8:8Amo 3:1Amo 4:1Amo 5:1Dan 12:1
and give ear, all who dwell in the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your fathers?
Tell it to your children; Deu 6:7Psa 145:4Psa 71:18Exo 13:14Psa 78:3-8Exo 10:1-2Isa 38:19Jos 4:21-22
let your children tell it to their children,
and their children to the next generation.
What the devouring locust has left, Jol 2:25Amo 4:9Amo 7:1Psa 78:46Deu 28:38Exo 10:4Isa 33:4Psa 105:34
the swarming locust has eaten;
what the swarming locust has left,
the young locust has eaten;
and what the young locust has left,
the destroying locust has eaten. 1
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; Jas 5:1Luk 21:34-36Isa 32:10-12Amo 6:3-7Isa 24:7-11Jer 4:8Ezk 30:2Jol 1:11
wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been cut off from your mouth.
For a nation has invaded My land, Jol 2:25Isa 8:8Jol 2:2-11Pro 30:14Rev 9:7-10Hos 9:3Isa 32:13Pro 30:25-27
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
It has laid waste My grapevine Amo 4:9Isa 5:6Jol 1:12Exo 10:15Hab 3:17Hos 2:12Isa 24:7Jer 8:13
and splintered My fig tree.
It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away;
the branches have turned white.
A Call to Mourning
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, Isa 22:12Mal 2:15Jas 5:1Amo 8:10Isa 24:7-12Isa 32:11Jas 4:8-9Jer 3:4
grieving for the husband of her youth.
Grain and drink offerings have been cut off Jol 2:14Jol 2:17Hos 9:4Jol 1:13Isa 61:6Lam 1:162Ch 13:10Jol 1:16
from the house of the LORD;
the priests are in mourning,
those who minister before the LORD.
The field is ruined; Hos 4:3Hos 9:2Jer 12:11Jol 1:5Hag 1:11Jer 12:4Jer 14:2-6Jer 48:33
the land mourns.
For the grain is destroyed,
the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
Be dismayed, O farmers, Jer 14:3-4Isa 17:11Jer 9:12Amo 5:16Rom 5:5
wail, O vinedressers,
over the wheat and barley,
because the harvest of the field has perished.
The grapevine is dried up, Isa 16:10Isa 24:11Hab 3:17-18Hos 9:1-2Jol 1:10Jol 1:16Sng 2:3Hag 2:19
and the fig tree is withered;
the pomegranate, palm, and apple—
all the trees of the orchard—are withered.
Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
A Call to Repentance
(Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; Jer 4:8Jol 1:8-91Ki 21:27Ezk 7:18Jer 9:10Jol 2:17Jon 3:5-81Co 4:1
wail, O ministers of the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
O ministers of my God,
because the grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.
Consecrate a fast; Jol 2:15-162Ch 20:132Ch 20:3-4Deu 29:10-11Jon 3:8Lev 23:36Neh 9:2-3Neh 8:18
proclaim a solemn assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
to the house of the LORD your God,
and cry out to the LORD.
Alas for the day! Isa 13:6-9Jer 30:7Zep 1:14-18Ezk 7:2-12Jas 5:9Jol 2:11Jol 2:31Rev 6:17
For the Day of the LORD is near,
and it will come
as destruction from the Almighty. 2
Has not the food been cut off Deu 12:6-7Psa 105:3Psa 43:4Amo 4:6-7Deu 12:11-12Deu 16:10-15Isa 3:7Isa 62:8-9
before our very eyes—
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; Gen 23:16Isa 17:10-11
the storehouses are in ruins;
the granaries are broken down,
for the grain has withered away.
How the cattle groan! Hos 4:3Jer 12:4Jer 14:5-61Ki 18:5Jol 1:20Rom 8:22
The herds wander in confusion
because they have no pasture.
Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
To You, O LORD, I call, Jer 9:10Psa 50:15Amo 7:4Mic 7:7Hab 3:17-18Jol 2:3Luk 18:7Psa 91:15
for fire has consumed the open pastures
and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, Psa 104:211Ki 17:71Ki 18:5Job 38:41Psa 145:15Psa 147:9
for the streams of water have dried up,
and fire has consumed the open pastures.