1. The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Phatuel.
2. Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land: did this ever happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
3. Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.
4. That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed.