1. The word of the Lord, which came to Joel, son of Pethuel.
2. Hear this, elders,and give ear, all inhabitants of the land!Has anything like this happened in your days,or in the days of your fathers?
3. Tell it to your children,and let your children tell their children,and let their children tell another generation.
4. What the fledging locust left,the adult locust has eaten;what the adult locust left,the larval locust has eaten;what the larval locust left,the hopper locust has eaten.
5. Awaken, drunkards, and weep!Wail, all wine-drinkers,because the sweet winehas been cut off from your lips.
6. For a nation powerful and innumerablehas invaded my land;its teeth are like the teeth of a lion,like the fangs of a lioness.