An Invasion Of Locusts
A Lament Over The Land
2 Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
2 (C)Hear this, O (D)elders,And listen, all inhabitants of the land.(E)Has anything like this happened in your daysOr in your fathers’ days?
2 Hear this,(B) you elders;listen, all you inhabitants of the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your days(C)or in the days of your ancestors?
2 "Hear this, you elders! Listen, all of you residents of the land! Has there ever been anything like this during your lifetime, or even when your ancestors were alive?
3 Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.
3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
3 Tell your children about it,(D)and let your children tell their children,and their children the next generation.
3 Pass it on to your children, and from your children to their children, and from their children to the following generation.
4 What is left of the palmer-worm, eaten hath the locust, And what is left of the locust, Eaten hath the cankerworm, And what is left of the cankerworm, Eaten hath the caterpillar.
4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
4 What the (G)gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;And what the (H)swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;And what the creeping locust has left, the (I)stripping locust has eaten.
4 What the devouring locust(E) has left,the swarming locust has eaten;what the swarming locust has left,the young locust(F) has eaten;and what the young locust has left,the destroying locust(G) has eaten.
4 Whatever the devouring locust left behind the locust swarm has consumed! Whatever the locust swarm has left behind, the young locust has consumed! Whatever the young locust has left behind, the ravaging locust has consumed!"
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
5 Awake, (J)drunkards, and weep;And wail, all you wine drinkers,On account of the sweet wineThat is (K)cut off from your mouth.
5 Wake up, you drunkards,(H) and weep;wail, all you wine drinkers,because of the sweet wine,for it has been taken from your mouth.
5 "Wake up, you drunkards! Cry aloud and howl, you wine drinkers, because your supply of new wine has been snatched from you.
6 For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
6 For a (L)nation has (a)invaded my land,Mighty and without number;(M)Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,And it has the fangs of a lioness.
6 For a nation has invaded My land,(I)powerful and without number;its teeth are the teeth of a lion,and it has the fangs of a lioness.(J)
6 Indeed, a nation has invaded my land it is strong and its population is too large to count with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
7 It hath made my vine become a desolation, And my fig-tree become a chip, It hath made it thoroughly bare, and hath cast down, Made white have been its branches.
7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
7 It has (N)made my vine a wasteAnd my fig tree (b)splinters.It has stripped them bare and cast them away;Their branches have become white.
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.
7 That nation laid waste my vines, and stripped bare my fig tree, discarding it. It stripped off its bark.
9 Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministrants of Jehovah.
9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
9 The (Q)grain offering and the drink offering are cut offFrom the house of the Lord.The (R)priests mourn,The ministers of the Lord.
9 Grain and drink offerings have been cut off(L)from the house of the Lord;the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.(M)
9 Both grain offering and wine offering have been removed from the LORD's Temple; the priests and ministering servants of the LORD are mourning."
10 Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.
10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
10 The field is (S)ruined,(T)The land mourns;For the grain is ruined,The new wine dries up,Fresh oil (c)fails.
10 The fields are destroyed;(N)the land grieves;indeed, the grain is destroyed;the new wine is dried up;(O)and the olive oil fails.(P)
10 "The fields lie in ruins and the ground is dried up. Indeed, the grain is ruined, the new wine has evaporated, and the olive oil has run out.
11 Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field.
11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
11 (d)(U)Be ashamed, O farmers,Wail, O vinedressers,For the wheat and the barley;Because the (V)harvest of the field is destroyed.
11 Be ashamed, you farmers,(Q)wail, you vinedressers,(a)over the wheat and the barley,because the harvest of the field has perished.(R)
11 Be dismayed, you farmers! Cry aloud, you vintners, for the wheat and barley, because the harvest in your fields has been lost.
12 The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
12 The (W)vine dries upAnd the fig tree (e)fails;The (X)pomegranate, the (Y)palm also, and the (f)(Z)apple tree,All the trees of the field dry up.Indeed, (AA)rejoicing dries upFrom the sons of men.
12 The grapevine is dried up,(S)and the fig tree is withered;the pomegranate,(T) the date palm,(U) and the apple(V)—all the trees of the orchard—have withered.Indeed, human joy has dried up.(W)
12 The grapevine is shriveled and the fig tree is withered, along with the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, the apple tree and all of the cultivated trees. Truly, joy has evaporated from Adam's children."
A Call To Lamentation
13 Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.
13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
13 (AB)Gird yourselves with sackclothAnd lament, O priests;(AC)Wail, O ministers of the altar!Come, (AD)spend the night in sackclothO ministers of my God,For the grain offering and the drink offeringAre withheld from the house of your God.
13 Dress in sackcloth and lament,(X) you priests;(Y)wail,(Z) you ministers of the altar.Come and spend the night in sackcloth,(AA)you ministers of my God,because grain and drink offeringsare withheld from the house of your God.
13 "Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.
14 Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders -- all the inhabitants of the land, Into the house of Jehovah your God,
14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
14 (AE)Consecrate a fast,Proclaim a (AF)solemn assembly;Gather the eldersAnd all the inhabitants of the landTo the house of the Lord your God,And (AG)cry out to the Lord.
14 Announce a sacred fast;(AB)proclaim an assembly!Gather the elders(AC)and all the residents of the landat the house of the Lord your God,(AD)and cry out to the Lord.(AE)
14 Set apart time for a fast! Call a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and everyone living in the land to the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD!"
15 And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.
15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
15 (AH)Alas for the day!For the (AI)day of the Lord is near,And it will come as (AJ)destruction from the (g)Almighty.
15 Woe because of that day!(AF)For the Day of the Lord is nearand will come as devastation from the Almighty.(AG)
15 Oh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!
17 Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.
17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
17 The (h)(AM)seeds shrivel under their (i)clods;The storehouses are desolate,The barns are torn down,For the grain is dried up.
17 The seeds lie shriveled in their casings.(b)(AJ)The storehouses are in ruin,and the granaries are broken down,because the grain has withered away.
17 Seeds shrivel within their furrows, the storehouses lie empty, and granaries stand in ruins because the grain has withered.
18 How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.
18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
18 How (AN)the beasts groan!The herds of cattle wander aimlesslyBecause there is no pasture for them;Even the flocks of sheep (j)suffer.
18 How the animals groan!(AK)The herds of cattle wander in confusionsince they have no pasture.Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
18 Oh, how the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. Even flocks of sheep suffer!
19 Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.
19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
19 (AO)To You, O Lord, I cry;For (AP)fire has devoured the pastures of the wildernessAnd the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
19 I call to You, Lord,(AL)for fire has consumedthe pastures of the wilderness,(AM)and flames have devouredall the trees of the countryside.
19 To you, LORD, I cry out, because fire has devoured the open pastures, and has set all the cultivated trees ablaze.
20 Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'
20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
20 Even the beasts of the field (k)(AQ)pant for You;For the (AR)water brooks are dried upAnd fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
20 Even the wild animals cry out to(c) You,(AN)for the river beds are dried up,(AO)and fire has consumedthe pastures of the wilderness. >
20 The livestock also cries out to you, because their water sources have evaporated and because fire has consumed the open pastures.