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Joel · read by David Smithers
8 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
Joel 1
12
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.Read from NKJV · Barrenness
13
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.Read from NKJV · Barrenness (High Quality)
14
Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.Read from NKJV · Barrenness
15
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.Read from NKJV · Barrenness
16
Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?Read from ESV · Barrenness (High Quality)
17
The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.Read from NKJV · Barrenness
18
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.Read from NKJV · Barrenness
Joel 2
15
Blow the ram's horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.Read from NKJV · Barrenness