1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
2 Hear this, you elders;give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days,or in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell your children of it,and let your children tell their children,and their children to another generation.
4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten.What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten,and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,and wail, all you drinkers of wine,because of the sweet wine,for it is cut off from your mouth.