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JOEL
The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
- HEAR this, ye old men,
- And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
- Hath this been in your days,
- Or even in the days of your fathers?
- Tell ye your children of it,
- And let your children tell their children,
- And their children another generation.
- That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten;
- And that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten;
- And that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
- Awake, ye drunkards, and weep;
- And howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
- Because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
- For a nation is come up upon my land,
- Strong, and without number,
- Whose teeth are the teeth of a lion,
- And he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
- He hath laid my vine waste,
- And barked my fig tree:
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