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The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
Joel 1:1 In-Context
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The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
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Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
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Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
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What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten.
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Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.