September 21: Joel 1–3
Joel 1–3 Joel 1–3 (Listen) 1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: An Invasion of Locusts 2 Hear this, you elders;<br /> give ear, all inhabitants of the land!<br /> Has such a thing happened in your days,<br /> or in the days of your fathers?<br />3 Tell your children of it,<br /> and let your children tell their children,<br /> and their children to another generation.<br /> 4 What the cutting locust left,<br /> the swarming locust has eaten.<br /> What the swarming locust left,<br /> the hopping locust has eaten,<br /> and what the hopping locust left,<br /> the destroying locust has eaten.<br /> 5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,<br /> and wail, all you drinkers of wine,<br /> because of the sweet wine,<br /> for it is cut off from your mouth.<br />6 For a nation has come up against my land,<br /> powerful and beyond number;<br />
