Verse 2

Joel 1:2

Young's Literal Translation

2 Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?

Original Language Text

hebrew

שִׁמְעוּ זֹאת֙ הַ/זְּקֵנִ֔ים וְ/הַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ כֹּ֖ל יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הֶ/הָ֤יְתָה זֹּאת֙ בִּֽ/ימֵי/כֶ֔ם וְ/אִ֖ם בִּ/ימֵ֥י אֲבֹֽתֵי/כֶֽם

English Translation

Hear this, O elders, and give ear, all inhabitants of the earth. Has this happened in your days or even in the days of your forefathers?

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Chapter 1 Context

1 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel: Focus ↗

2 Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days?...

3 Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generatio... Focus ↗

4 What is left of the palmer-worm, eaten hath the locust, And what is left of the locust, Eaten hath t... Focus ↗

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cu... Focus ↗

6 For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth [are] the teeth of a... Focus ↗

7 It hath made my vine become a desolation, And my fig-tree become a chip, It hath made it thoroughly... Focus ↗

8 Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth. Focus ↗

9 Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministra... Focus ↗

10 Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine,... Focus ↗

11 Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harv... Focus ↗

12 The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree,... Focus ↗

13 Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, minist... Focus ↗

14 Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders -- all the inhabitants of the land, [Into]... Focus ↗

15 And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near [is] a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the... Focus ↗

16 Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God (Elohim) joy and rejoicing? Focus ↗

17 Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have be... Focus ↗

18 How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also d... Focus ↗

19 Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame h... Focus ↗

20 Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath c... Focus ↗

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