A Translation of Calvin's Version
1856 by Calvin Translation Society

Joel Chapter 1

Joe 1:1 The word of Jehovah which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
Joe 1:2 Hear this, ye the aged; And give ear, al ye inhabitants of the land; Hath this been in your days, Or in the days of your fathers?
Joe 1:3 This to your children declare, And your children to their children, And their children to the next generation, —
Joe 1:4 "The residue of the locust hath the chafer eaten, "The residue of the chafer hath the cankerworm eaten, "The residue of the cankerworm hath the caterpillar eaten."
Joe 1:5 Awake ye drunkards, and weep; Howl ye all who drink wine for the new wine; For cut off it is from your mouth.
Joe 1:6 Verily a nation came up over my land, Strong and without number: Its teeth the teeth the teeth of a lion, And its jaw-bones those of a young lion:
Joe 1:7 It exposed my vine to desolation, And my fig-tree to the stripping of the bark; By denuding it denuded it and cast it away, White have been made its branches.—
Joe 1:8 Lament as a young woman, girded with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.
Joe 1:9 Cut off is offering and libation From the house of Jehovah; Mourn do the priests, the ministers of Jehovah;
Joe 1:10 Wasted is the field, mourn does the land; For laid waste is the corn, Dried up is the wine, destroyed is the oil.
Joe 1:11 Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, howl, ye vinedressers, On account of the wheat and the barley; For perished has the harvest of the field,
Joe 1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree is destroyed; The pomegranate, the palm also and the apple tree, —All the trees of the field have dried up: Verily dried up is joy among the children of men!
Joe 1:13 Be girded and lament, ye priests; Howl ye ministers of the altar; Come, spend the night in sackcloth, Ye ministers of my God; For withheld from the house of your God Is offering and a libation:
Joe 1:14 Sanctify a fast, call an assembly, Gather the elders, all the inhabitants of the land, Into the house of Jehovah your God, And cry ye to Jehovah.—
Joe 1:15 Alas the day! For nigh is the day of Jehovah, And as a desolation from the Almighty it will come.
Joe 1:16 Has not the meat before your eyes been cut off, Joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Joe 1:17 Rotted have the grains under the clods, Desolate are the granaries, Pulled down have been the barns, For dried up has the corn.
Joe 1:18 How has the beast groaned! Confounded are the herds of oxen! For wanting to them are pastures; The flocks of sheep are also desolate.
Joe 1:19 To thee Jehovah will I cry; For the fire hath consumed the pastures of the desert, And the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field:
Joe 1:20 The beasts of the field will also cry to thee; For dried up have the streams of waters, For the fire hath consumed the pastures of the desert.