Joe 1:10-20 | NASB1995 | STEP | The field is ruined , The land mourns ; For the grain is ruined , The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails .

Joel 1:10-20

10 The field is ^aruined,
^bThe land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine dries up,
Fresh oil ^{▼▼ Lit wastes away}fails.
11 ^{▼▼ Or The farmers are ashamed, The vinedressers wail
,} ^eBe ashamed, O farmers,
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the ^fharvest of the field is destroyed.
12 The ^gvine dries up
And the fig tree ^{▼▼ Lit wastes away}fails;
The ⁱpomegranate, the ^jpalm also, and the ^{▼▼ Or apricot
,} ^lapple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed, ^mrejoicing dries up
From the sons of men.

13 ⁿGird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
^oWail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, ^pspend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

Starvation and Drought

14 ^qConsecrate a fast,
Proclaim a ^rsolemn assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
To the house of the Lord your God,
And ^scry out to the Lord.
15 ^tAlas for the day!
For the ^uday of the Lord is near,
And it will come as ^vdestruction from the ^{▼▼ Heb Shaddai}Almighty.
16 Has not ^xfood been cut off before our eyes,
Gladness and ^yjoy from the house of our God?
17 The ^{▼▼ Or dried figs
,} ^aaseeds shrivel under their ^{▼▼ Or shovels}clods;
The storehouses are desolate,
The barns are torn down,
For the grain is dried up.
18 How ^acthe beasts groan!
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep ^{▼▼ Lit bear punishment}suffer.
19 ^aeTo You, O Lord, I cry;
For ^affire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field ^{▼▼ Lit long for
,} ^ahpant for You;
For the ^aiwater brooks are dried up
And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.