1 The Lord’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, you elders,And listen, all you inhabitants of the land.Has this ever happened in your days,or in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell your children about it,and have your children tell their children,and their children, another generation.
4 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten.What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten.What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine;for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number.His teeth are the teeth of a lion,and he has the fangs of a lioness.