Joel
1 from
4Q78
Minor Prophetsc
10 The field is laid
waste.
The
land mourns, for
the grain is destroyed,
The
new wine has dried up,
and
the oil languishes.
11 Be confounded, you
farmers!
Wail,
you vineyard keepers;
for the wheat and for the
barley;
for
the harvest of the field has perished.
12 The vine has dried
up, and the fig tree withered;
the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
the
pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the
apple tree,
even
all of the
trees of the field are withered;
for
joy has withered away from the sons of men.
13 Put on sackcloth and
mourn, you priests!
Wail,
you ministers of the altar.
Come,
lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God,
for
the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.
14 Sanctify a fast.
And
call a solemn assembly.
Gather
the elders,
and
all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God,
and
cry to Yahweh.
15 Alas for the day!
For
the day of Yahweh is at hand,
and
it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
16 Isn’t the food cut
off before our eyes;
joy
and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seeds rot under their clods.
The
granaries are laid desolate.
The
barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
18 How the animals groan!
The
herds of livestock are
perplexed, because they have no pasture.
Yes,
the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19 Yahweh, I cry to you,
For
the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,
and
the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 Yes, the animals of
the field pant to you,
for
the water brooks have dried up,
And
the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Joel
1 from Scroll 4Q82 Minor Prophetsg
12 The vine has dried
up,
and the fig tree withered;
the
pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
even
all of the trees of the field are withered;
for
joy has withered away from the sons of men.
13 Put on sackcloth and
mourn, you priests!
Wail,
you ministers of the altar.
Come,
lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers
of my God,
for
the
meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your
God’s house.
14 Sanctify a fast.
Call
a solemn assembly.
Gather
the elders,
and
all the inhabitants
of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God,
and
cry to Yahweh.