1. This is the Lord’s message that was givento Joel the son of Pethuel:
2. Listen to this, you elders;pay attention, all inhabitants of the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your whole lifeor in the lifetime of your ancestors?
3. Tell your children about it,have your children tell their children,and their children the following generation.
4. What the gazam-locust left the ‘arbeh-locust consumed,what the ‘arbeh-locust left the yeleq-locust consumed,and what the yeleq-locust left the hasil-locust consumed!