Joel 1:4-10 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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.

7. It has devastated My grapevineand splintered My fig tree.It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away;its branches have turned white.

8. Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, mourning for the husband of her youth.

9. Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the Lord;the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.

10. The fields are destroyed; the land grieves;indeed, the grain is destroyed;the new wine is dried up; and the olive oil fails.

Joel 1