1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
2 Hear this, you elders;listen, all you inhabitants of the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
3 Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children,and their children the next generation.
4 What the devouring locust has left,the swarming locust has eaten;what the swarming locust has left,the young locust has eaten;and what the young locust has left,the destroying locust has eaten.
5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;wail, all you wine drinkers,because of the sweet wine,for it has been taken from your mouth.
6 For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number;its teeth are the teeth of a lion,and it has the fangs of a lioness.