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1:2 The mourning due to locusts

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1:6: Rev 9:8.

1:15: Isa 13:6.

2 Hear this the_elders and_listen Oh _all _of the _inhabitants _of the_earth/land the_happened this in/on/at/with_days _of_your _all’s and_if in/on/at/with_days _of ancestors _of_your _all’s.
3 About_it to_children _of_your _all’s recount and_children _of_your _all’s to_children _of_their and_children _of_their to_generation another.
4 The _remainder _of the_cutting _locust it _has _eaten the_swarming _locust and_left _of the_swarming _locust it _has _eaten the_hopping _locust and_left _of the_hopping _locust it _has _eaten the_destroying _locust.
5 Awake Oh _drunkards and_weep and_wail Oh _all _of you _all _who_drink _of (of)_wine on sweet _wine if/because it _has _been _cut _off from_mouth _of_your _all’s.
6 If/because a _nation it _has _come _up on land _of_my it_is_mighty and_without number teeth _of_its are_the_teeth _of a _lion and_fangs _of a _lion to_him/it.
7 It _has _made vine _of_my to_waste and_fig _tree _of_my to_splintered completely _(strip _bare) stripped _bare_their and_thrown _down branches _of_their they _have _become _white.
8 Wail like_virgin girded _of sackcloth on the _husband _of youth _of_her.
9 grain _offering It _has _been _cut _off and_drink _offering from_house _of YHWH they _are _in _mourning the_priests (of)_YHWH who_serve _of.
10 the_field[s] It _is _devastated the_ground it _is _dried _up if/because the_grain it _is _devastated the_new _wine it _has _dried _up the_fresh _oil it _has _languished.
11 Be _ashamed Oh _farmers wail Oh _vinedressers on the_wheat and_over the_barley if/because the_harvest _of it _has _perished the_field.
12 The_vine it _has _dried _up and_the_fig _tree it _has _languished the_pomegranate _tree also the_palm _tree and_apple _tree all _of the _trees _of the_field they _have _dried _up if/because joy it _has _been _ashamed from the _children _of humankind.
13 gird _yourselves and_lament the_priests wail Oh_you _all _who_serve _of (of)_the_altar come spend _the _night in/on/at/with_sackcloth Oh_you _all _who_serve _of god _of_my if/because it _has _been _withheld from_house _of god _of_your _all’s grain _offering and_drink _offering.
14 Consecrate a _fast call an _assembly gather the_elders all _of the _inhabitants _of the_earth/land the _house _of YHWH god _of_your _all’s and_cry _out to YHWH.
15 Alas for _the_day if/because is_near the _day _of YHWH and_as_destruction from_almighty[fn] it _will _come.
16 Am_not before eyes _of_our food has _it _been _cut _off from_house _of god _of_our joy and_gladness.
17 the_seeds They _have _shriveled under clods _of_their the_storehouses they _are _desolate the_granaries they _have _been _torn _down if/because the_grain it _has _dried _up.
18 How the_livestock it _has _groaned the_herds _of they _have _wandered _in _confusion cattle if/because there_is_not pasture to/for_them also the _flocks _of the_sheep they _have _suffered.
19 To_you Oh_YHWH I _call if/because fire it _has _consumed the_pastures _of the_wilderness and_flames it _has _set _ablaze all _of the _trees _of the_field.
20 Also the_animals _of the_field it _pants for_you if/because the_channels _of they _have _dried _up water and_fire it _has _consumed the _pastures _of the_wilderness.

1:15 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

OET by section JOEL 1:2

The mourning due to locusts

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