Joel 1:4-7 
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Joel 1:4-7 

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. 6 For a nation has come up against my land,     powerful and beyond number; its...

Joel 1:1-3
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Joel 1:1-3

During my sabbatical, which was predominantly a time of rest, I set myself one project, which was to translate Joel from the original Hebrew.  I had two purposes in mind – firstly, I want to keep improving my Hebrew language skills and secondly translating from Hebrew forces me to slow down and read God’s Word...