Joel 2:4-11
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Joel 2:4-11

4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,     and like war horses they run. 5 As with the rumbling of chariots,     they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire     devouring the stubble, like a powerful army     drawn up for battle.  6 Before them peoples are in anguish;     all faces grow pale. 7 Like warriors they charge;     like soldiers they scale the...

Joel 1:13-20 
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Joel 1:13-20 

13 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;     wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,     O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering     are withheld from the house of your God.  14 Consecrate a fast;     call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders     and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God,     and cry out to the Lord.  15 Alas for...

Joel 1:8-12
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Joel 1:8-12

8 Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth    for the bridegroom of her youth.9 The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off    from the house of the Lord.The priests mourn,    the ministers of the Lord.10 The fields are destroyed,    the ground mourns,because the grain is destroyed,    the wine dries up,    the oil languishes. 11 Be ashamed,[b] O tillers of the soil;    wail, O vinedressers,for the wheat and the barley,    because the...

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...