mt2=The Book of mt1=Joel p={c1}{v1}\w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w*\f + \fr 1:1 \ft “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.\f* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pethuel|strong="H6602"\w*. q1={v2}\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, q2=\w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*! q1=\w Has|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* ever \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, q2=\w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w 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has|strong="H0697"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*. q2=What \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w grasshopper|strong="H2625"\w* \w has|strong="H0697"\w* left, \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w caterpillar|strong="H2625"\w* \w has|strong="H0697"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*. q1={v5}\w Wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w drunkards|strong="H7910"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*! q2=\w Wail|strong="H3213"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w drinkers|strong="H8354"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sweet|strong="H6071"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, q2=\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*. q1={v6}\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H0369"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w strong|strong="H6099"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w without|strong="H0369"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*. q2=\w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w are|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, q2=\w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H0369"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fangs|strong="H4973"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w lioness|strong="H3833"\w*. q1={v7}\w He|strong="H7760"\w* \w has|strong="H1612"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w waste|strong="H8047"\w*, q2=\w and|strong="H1612"\w* \w stripped|strong="H2834"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*. q2=\w 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of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*,\f + \fr 1:13 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).\f* q2=\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* drink \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w are|strong="H0430"\w* \w withheld|strong="H4513"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. q1={v14}\w Sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*. q2=\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* \w solemn|strong="H6116"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*. q2=\w Gather|strong="H0622"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w 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our|strong="H0430"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, q2=\w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? q1={v17}\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w seeds|strong="H6507"\w* rot \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w clods|strong="H4053"\w*. q2=\w The|strong="H3588"\w* granaries \w are|strong="H0214"\w* \w laid|strong="H8074"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*. q2=\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w barns|strong="H4460"\w* \w are|strong="H0214"\w* \w broken|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*. q1={v18}\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w* \w groan|strong="H0584"\w*! q2=\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w 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q2=\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* again \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w disappointed|strong="H0954"\w*. q1={v27}\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, q2=\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w else|strong="H5750"\w*; q2=\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w disappointed|strong="H0954"\w*. b= q1={v28}“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; q2=and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. q2=Your old men will dream dreams. q2=Your young men will see visions. q1={v29}And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, q2=I will pour out my Spirit. q1={v30}I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: q2=blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. q1={v31}The sun will be turned into darkness, q2=and the moon into blood, q2=before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. q1={v32}It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; q2=for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, q2=as Yahweh has said, q2=and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls. b=q1={c3}{v1}“\w For|strong="H5921"\w*, \w behold|strong="H7200"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* days, q2=\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, q2=\w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* restore \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fortunes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Jerusalem, q1={v2}\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* gather \w all|strong="H3117"\w* nations, q2=\w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* bring \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* valley \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Jehoshaphat; q2=\w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* execute judgment \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* people, q2=\w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* heritage, Israel, whom \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* scattered \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* nations. q2=\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* divided \w my|strong="H5921"\w* land, q2={v3}\w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* lots \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w*, q2=\w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* boy \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* prostitute, q2=\w and|strong="H0776"\w* sold \w a|strong="H5414"\w* girl \w for|strong="H0776"\w* wine, \w that|strong="H0784"\w* \w they|strong="H0776"\w* \w may|strong="H0776"\w* drink. b= q1={v4}“Yes, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, Tyre \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Sidon, q2=\w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* regions \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Philistia? q1=\w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* repay \w me|strong="H6440"\w*? q2=\w And|strong="H0935"\w* if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* repay \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, q2=\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* swiftly \w and|strong="H0935"\w* speedily \w return|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* repayment \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w head|strong="H6440"\w*. q1={v5}\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* silver \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* gold, q2=\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* carried \w my|strong="H3605"\w* finest treasures \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* temples, q2={v6}and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, q2=that you may remove them far from their border. q1={v7}Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, q2=and will return your repayment on your own head; q1={v8}and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, q2=and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, q2=to a faraway nation, q2=for Yahweh has spoken it.” b= q1={v9}Proclaim this among the nations: q2=“Prepare for war! q2=Stir up the mighty men. q1=Let all the warriors draw near. q2=Let them come up. {v10}Beat your plowshares into swords, q2=and your pruning hooks into spears. q2=Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ q1={v11}Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, q2=and gather yourselves together.” q1=Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh. q1={v12}“Let the nations arouse themselves, q2=and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; q2=for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. q1={v13}Put in the sickle; q2=for the harvest is ripe. q2=Come, tread, for the wine press is full, q2=the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.” q1={v14}Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! q2=For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision. q1={v15}The sun and the moon are darkened, q2=and the stars withdraw their shining. q1={v16}Yahweh will roar from Zion, q2=and thunder from Jerusalem; q2=and the heavens and the earth will shake; q2=but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, q2=and a stronghold to the children of Israel. q1={v17}“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, q2=dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. q1=Then Jerusalem will be holy, q2=and no strangers will pass through her any more. q1={v18}It will happen in that day, q2=that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, q2=the hills will flow with milk, q2=all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; q2=and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house, q2=and will water the valley of Shittim. q1={v19}Egypt will be a desolation q2=and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, q2=for the violence done to the children of Judah, q2=because they have shed innocent blood in their land. q1={v20}But Judah will be inhabited forever, q2=and Jerusalem from generation to generation. q1={v21}I will cleanse their blood q2=that I have not cleansed, q2=for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”