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word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.


 * EAR this, ye old men,
 * And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
 * Hath this been in your days,
 * Or even in the days of your fathers?
 * Tell ye your children of it,
 * And let your children tell their children,
 * And their children another generation.
 * That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten;
 * And that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten;
 * And that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.


 * Awake, ye drunkards, and weep;
 * And howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
 * Because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
 * For a nation is come up upon my land,
 * Strong, and without number,
 * Whose teeth are the teeth of a lion,
 * And he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
 * He hath laid my vine waste,
 * And barked my fig tree: