## Joel Chapter 1

###### Joel 1:1
[Joel 1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:1)

דְּבַר־יְהֹוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֔ה אֶל־יוֹאֵ֖ל בֶּן־פְּתוּאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The word of the Lord that came to Yo᾽el the son of Petu᾽el.


###### Joel 1:2
[Joel 1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:2)

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת֙ הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ כֹּ֖ל יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ הֶהָ֤יְתָה זֹּאת֙ בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם וְאִ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has such a thing been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?


###### Joel 1:3
[Joel 1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:3)

עָלֶ֖יהָ לִבְנֵיכֶ֣ם סַפֵּ֑רוּ וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ לִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.


###### Joel 1:4
[Joel 1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:4)

יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
That which the cutting locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; and that which the swarming locust has left, the hopping locust has eaten; and that which the hopping locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.


###### Joel 1:5
[Joel 1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:5)

הָקִ֤יצוּ שִׁכּוֹרִים֙ וּבְכ֔וּ וְהֵילִ֖לוּ כׇּל־שֹׁ֣תֵי יָ֑יִן עַל־עָסִ֕יס כִּ֥י נִכְרַ֖ת מִפִּיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Awake, drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.


###### Joel 1:6
[Joel 1:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:6)

כִּי־גוֹי֙ עָלָ֣ה עַל־אַרְצִ֔י עָצ֖וּם וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת לָבִ֖יא לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For a nation is come up upon my land, mighty, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.


###### Joel 1:7
[Joel 1:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:7)

שָׂ֤ם גַּפְנִי֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י לִקְצָפָ֑ה חָשֹׂ֤ף חֲשָׂפָהּ֙ וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has laid my vine waste, and splintered my fig tree: he has made it clean bare, and cast it down; its branches are made white.


###### Joel 1:8
[Joel 1:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:8)

אֱלִ֕י כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻרַת־שַׂ֖ק עַל־בַּ֥עַל נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.


###### Joel 1:9
[Joel 1:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:9)

הׇכְרַ֥ת מִנְחָ֛ה וָנֶ֖סֶךְ מִבֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה אָֽבְלוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The meal offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.


###### Joel 1:10
[Joel 1:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:10)

שֻׁדַּ֣ד שָׂדֶ֔ה אָבְלָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֚י שֻׁדַּ֣ד דָּגָ֔ן הוֹבִ֥ישׁ תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלַ֥ל יִצְהָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.


###### Joel 1:11
[Joel 1:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:11)

הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ אִכָּרִ֗ים הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים עַל־חִטָּ֖ה וְעַל־שְׂעֹרָ֑ה כִּ֥י אָבַ֖ד קְצִ֥יר שָׂדֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be ashamed, O you farmers; wail, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.


###### Joel 1:12
[Joel 1:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:12)

הַגֶּ֣פֶן הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה אֻמְלָ֑לָה רִמּ֞וֹן גַּם־תָּמָ֣ר וְתַפּ֗וּחַ כׇּל־עֲצֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ יָבֵ֔שׁוּ כִּי־הֹבִ֥ישׁ שָׂשׂ֖וֹן מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, all the trees of the field, are withered because joy is withered away from the sons of men.


###### Joel 1:13
[Joel 1:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:13)

חִגְר֨וּ וְסִפְד֜וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בֹּ֚אוּ לִ֣ינוּ בַשַּׂקִּ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י אֱלֹהָ֑י כִּ֥י נִמְנַ֛ע מִבֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מִנְחָ֥ה וָנָֽסֶךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: wail, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God.


###### Joel 1:14
[Joel 1:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:14)

קַדְּשׁוּ־צוֹם֙ קִרְא֣וּ עֲצָרָ֔ה אִסְפ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֗ים כֹּ֚ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ בֵּ֖ית יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְזַעֲק֖וּ אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry to the Lord.


###### Joel 1:15
[Joel 1:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:15)

אֲהָ֖הּ לַיּ֑וֹם כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהֹוָ֔ה וּכְשֹׁ֖ד מִשַּׁדַּ֥י יָבֽוֹא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.


###### Joel 1:16
[Joel 1:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:16)

הֲל֛וֹא נֶ֥גֶד עֵינֵ֖ינוּ אֹ֣כֶל נִכְרָ֑ת מִבֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֥ה וָגִֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?


###### Joel 1:17
[Joel 1:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:17)

עָבְשׁ֣וּ פְרֻד֗וֹת תַּ֚חַת מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אֹֽצָר֔וֹת נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת כִּ֥י הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The seed shrivels under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.


###### Joel 1:18
[Joel 1:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:18)

מַה־נֶּאֶנְחָ֣ה בְהֵמָ֗ה נָבֹ֙כוּ֙ עֶדְרֵ֣י בָקָ֔ר כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין מִרְעֶ֖ה לָהֶ֑ם גַּם־עֶדְרֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן נֶאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.


###### Joel 1:19
[Joel 1:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:19)

אֵלֶ֥יךָ יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א כִּ֣י אֵ֗שׁ אָֽכְלָה֙ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֔ר וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔ה לִהֲטָ֖ה כׇּל־עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, to thee do I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.


###### Joel 1:20
[Joel 1:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Joel/r/1:20)

גַּם־בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדֶ֖ה תַּעֲר֣וֹג אֵלֶ֑יךָ כִּ֤י יָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֔יִם וְאֵ֕שׁ אָכְלָ֖ה נְא֥וֹת הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Even beasts of the field cry to Thee: for the water courses are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.