OET JOEL section

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1:6: Rev 9:8.

1:15: Isa 13:6.

2 Hear this the_elders and_listen Oh _all the _inhabitants the_earth/land the_happened this in/on/at/with_days_your _all’s and_if in/on/at/with_days ancestors_your _all’s.
3 About_it to_children_your _all’s recount and_children_your _all’s to_children_their and_children_their to_generation another.
4 The _remainder the_cutting _locust it _has _eaten the_swarming _locust and_left the_swarming _locust it _has _eaten the_hopping _locust and_left the_hopping _locust it _has _eaten the_destroying _locust.
5 Awake Oh _drunkards and_weep and_wail Oh _all [you _all _who]_drink (of)_wine on sweet _wine if/because it _has _been _cut _off from_mouth_your _all’s.
6 If/because a _nation it _has _come _up on land_my [it _is]_mighty and_without number teeth_its [are _the]_teeth of _a _lion and_fangs of _a _lion to_him/it.
7 It _has _made vine_my to_waste and_fig _tree_my to_splintered completely _(strip _bare) stripped _bare_their and_thrown _down they _have _become _white branches_their.
8 Wail like_virgin girded of _sackcloth on the _husband youth_her.
9 It _has _been _cut _off grain _offering and_drink _offering from_house of_YHWH they _are _in _mourning the_priests [who]_serve (of)_YHWH.
10 It _is _devastated [the]_field[s] it _is _dried _up [the]_ground if/because it _is _devastated [the]_grain it _has _dried _up [the]_new _wine it _has _languished [the]_fresh _oil.
11 Be _ashamed Oh _farmers wail Oh _vinedressers on [the]_wheat and_over [the]_barley if/because it _has _perished [the]_harvest of _[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 the _trees the_field they _have _dried _up if/because it _has _been _ashamed joy from the _children of _humankind.
13 gird _yourselves and_lament the_priests wail Oh _[you _all _who]_serve (of)_[the]_altar come spend _the _night in/on/at/with_sackcloth Oh _[you _all _who]_serve god_my if/because it _has _been _withheld from_house god_your _all’s grain _offering and_drink _offering.
14 Consecrate a _fast call an _assembly gather [the]_elders all the _inhabitants the_earth/land the _house of_YHWH god_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_our food has _it _been _cut _off from_house god_our joy and_gladness.
17 They _have _shriveled [the]_seeds under clods_their they _are _desolate [the]_storehouses they _have _been _torn _down [the]_granaries if/because it _has _dried _up [the]_grain.
18 How it _has _groaned [the]_livestock they _have _wandered _in _confusion [the]_herds of _cattle if/because there _[is]_not pasture to/for_them also the _flocks 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 the _trees the_field.
20 Also [the]_animals of _[the]_field it _pants for_you if/because they _have _dried _up [the]_channels of _water and_fire it _has _consumed the _pastures the_wilderness.

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

OET by section JOEL 1:2

The peglungku due to me talangas

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