--- title: Joel 1 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Joel chapter 1 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: THE WORD of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL/1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL/) / chapter 1 # Joel 1 20 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.1/) — דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל־יוֹאֵל בֶּן־פְּתוּאֵֽל׃ — THE WORD of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. - [1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.2/) — שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת הַזְּקֵנִים וְהַֽאֲזִינוּ כֹּל יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הֶהָיְתָה זֹּאת בִּֽימֵיכֶם וְאִם בִּימֵי אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ — Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? - [1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.3/) — עָלֶיהָ לִבְנֵיכֶם סַפֵּרוּ וּבְנֵיכֶם לִבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֵיהֶם לְדוֹר אַחֵֽר׃ — Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. - [1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.4/) — יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם אָכַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה וְיֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה אָכַל הַיָּלֶק וְיֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק אָכַל הֶחָסִֽיל׃ — That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. - [1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.5/) — הָקִיצוּ שִׁכּוֹרִים וּבְכוּ וְהֵילִלוּ כָּל־שֹׁתֵי יָיִן עַל־עָסִיס כִּי נִכְרַת מִפִּיכֶֽם׃ — Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. - [1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.6/) — כִּֽי־גוֹי עָלָה עַל־אַרְצִי עָצוּם וְאֵין מִסְפָּר שִׁנָּיו שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה וּֽמְתַלְּעוֹת לָבִיא לֽוֹ׃ — For a people is come up upon my land, mighty, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness. - [1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.7/) — שָׂם גַּפְנִי לְשַׁמָּה וּתְאֵנָתִי לִקְצָפָה חָשֹׂף חֲשָׂפָהּ וְהִשְׁלִיךְ הִלְבִּינוּ שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ׃ — He hath laid my vine waste, and blasted my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it down, the branches thereof are made white. - [1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.8/) — אֱלִי כִּבְתוּלָה חֲגֻֽרַת־שַׂק עַל־בַּעַל נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃ — Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. - [1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.9/) — הָכְרַת מִנְחָה וָנֶסֶךְ מִבֵּית יְהוָה אָֽבְלוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים מְשָׁרְתֵי יְהוָֽה׃ — The meal-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests mourn, even the LORD'S ministers. - [1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.10/) — שֻׁדַּד שָׂדֶה אָבְלָה אֲדָמָה כִּי שֻׁדַּד דָּגָן הוֹבִישׁ תִּירוֹשׁ אֻמְלַל יִצְהָֽר׃ — The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. - [1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.11/) — הֹבִישׁוּ אִכָּרִים הֵילִילוּ כֹּֽרְמִים עַל־חִטָּה וְעַל־שְׂעֹרָה כִּי אָבַד קְצִיר שָׂדֶֽה׃ — Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. - [1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.12/) — הַגֶּפֶן הוֹבִישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָה אֻמְלָלָה רִמּוֹן גַּם־תָּמָר וְתַפּוּחַ כָּל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יָבֵשׁוּ כִּֽי־הֹבִישׁ שָׂשׂוֹן מִן־בְּנֵי אָדָֽם׃ס — The vine is withered, 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; for joy is withered away from the sons of men. - [1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.13/) — חִגְרוּ וְסִפְדוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים הֵילִילוּ מְשָׁרְתֵי מִזְבֵּחַ בֹּאוּ לִינוּ בַשַּׂקִּים מְשָׁרְתֵי אֱלֹהָי כִּי נִמְנַע מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מִנְחָה וָנָֽסֶךְ׃ — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests, wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God; for the meal-offering and the drink-offering is withholden from the house of your God. - [1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.14/) — קַדְּשׁוּ־צוֹם קִרְאוּ עֲצָרָה אִסְפוּ זְקֵנִים כֹּל יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְזַעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃ — Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD. - [1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.15/) — אֲהָהּ לַיּוֹם כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם יְהוָה וּכְשֹׁד מִשַׁדַּייָבֽוֹא׃ — Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. - [1:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.16/) — הֲלוֹא נֶגֶד עֵינֵינוּ אֹכֶל נִכְרָת מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה וָגִֽיל׃ — Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? - [1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.17/) — עָבְשׁוּ פְרֻדוֹת תַּחַת מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם נָשַׁמּוּ אֹֽצָרוֹת נֶהֶרְסוּ מַמְּגֻרוֹת כִּי הֹבִישׁ דָּגָֽן׃ — The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. - [1:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.18/) — מַה־נֶּאֶנְחָה בְהֵמָה נָבֹכוּ עֶדְרֵי בָקָר כִּי אֵין מִרְעֶה לָהֶם גַּם־עֶדְרֵי הַצֹּאן נֶאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ — How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. - [1:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.19/) — אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה אֶקְרָא כִּי אֵשׁ אָֽכְלָה נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר וְלֶהָבָה לִהֲטָה כָּל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ — Unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath set ablaze all the trees of the field. - [1:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.20/) — גַּם־בַּהֲמוֹת שָׂדֶה תַּעֲרוֹג אֵלֶיךָ כִּי יָֽבְשׁוּ אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה נְאוֹת הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃פ — Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto Thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. - ← previous: [Hosea 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS/14/) - next →: [Joel 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL/2/) - ↑ back to [Joel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL/)