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1:1  I am Joel the son of Pethuel. And this is the message the Lord gave to me.
1:2  Listen, you leaders and everyone else in the land. Has anything like this ever happened before?
1:4  Swarm after swarm of locusts has attacked our crops, eating everything in sight.
1:5  Sober up, you drunkards! Cry long and loud; your wine supply is gone.
1:6  A powerful nation with countless troops has invaded our land. They have the teeth and jaws of powerful lions.
1:7  Our grapevines and fig trees are stripped bare; only naked branches remain.
1:8  Grieve like a young woman mourning for the man she was to marry.
1:9  Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the Lord's temple. His servants, the priests, are deep in sorrow.
1:10  Barren fields mourn; grain, grapes, and olives are scorched and shriveled.
1:11  Mourn for our farms and our vineyards! There's no wheat or barley growing in our fields.
1:12  Grapevines have dried up and so has every tree— figs and pomegranates, date palms and apples. All happiness has faded away.
1:13  Mourn, you priests who serve at the altar of my God. Spend your days and nights wearing sackcloth. Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the Lord's temple.
1:14  Tell the leaders and people to come together at the temple. Order them to go without eating and to pray sincerely.
1:15  We are in for trouble! Soon the Lord All-Powerful will bring disaster.
1:16  Our food is already gone; there's no more celebrating at the temple of our God.
1:17  Seeds dry up in the ground; no harvest is possible. Our barns are in bad shape, with no grain to store in them.
1:18  Our cattle wander aimlessly, moaning for lack of pasture, and sheep are suffering.
1:19  I cry out to you, Lord. Grasslands and forests are eaten by the scorching heat.
1:20  Wild animals have no water because of you; rivers and streams are dry, and pastures are parched.