Joe 1:1-7 | ESV | STEP | The word of the Lord that came to Joel , the son of Pethuel :

Joel 1:1-7

1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:

An Invasion of Locusts

2 ^aHear this, ^byou elders;
give ear, ^call inhabitants of the land!
^dHas such a thing happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
3 ^eTell your children of it,
and let your children tell their children,
and their children to another generation.
4 What ^fthe cutting locust left,
^gthe swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
^hthe hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
ⁱthe destroying locust has eaten.
5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
and ^jwail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of ^kthe sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For ^la nation has come up against my land,
^mpowerful and beyond number;
ⁿits teeth are lions’ teeth,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has laid waste my vine
and splintered my ^ofig tree;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
their branches are made white.