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The Prophet Joel

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The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
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Listen to this, elders, and pay close attention, all inhabitants of the land. Did this ever happen in your days or in the days of your fathers?
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Talk this over with your sons, and your sons with their sons, and their sons with another generation.
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The locust has eaten what the caterpillar has left, and the beetle has eaten what the locust has left, and the mildew has eaten what the beetle has left.(a)
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Rouse yourselves, you drunkards, and weep and wail, all you who delight in drinking wine; for it has been cut off from your mouth.
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For a nation has ascended over my land: strong and without number. His teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his molars are like that of a lion’s young.
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He has put my vineyard into desolation, and he has pulled off the bark of my fig tree. He has stripped it bare and cast it away; its branches have become white.

A Call to Mourning

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Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth.(b)
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Sacrifice and libation have perished from the house of the Lord; the priests who are ministers of the Lord have mourned.(c)
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The region has been depopulated, the soil has mourned. For the wheat has been devastated, the wine has been disfigured, the oil has languished.(d)
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The farmers have been confounded, the vineyard workers have wailed over the crop and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.(e)
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The vineyard is in ruin, and the fig tree has languished. The pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the fruit tree, and all the trees of the field have withered. For joy has been thrown into disorder before the sons of men.

A Call to Repentance

(Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)
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Priests, gird yourselves and lament. Ministers of the altars, wail. Enter, ministers of my God, lie in sackcloth. For sacrifice and libation have passed away from the house of your God.
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Sanctify a fast, call an assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God. And cry out to the Lord:
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“Ah, ah, ah, the day!” For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.
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Has not your nourishment perished from before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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The mules have rotted in their own manure, the barns have been demolished, the wine cellars have been destroyed, because the grain has been ruined.
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Why have the animals groaned, the herds of cattle bellowed? because there is no pasture for them. Yes, and even the flocks of sheep have been lost.
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To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.
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Yes, and even the beasts of the field have gazed up at you, like the dry ground thirsting for rain, because the fountains of waters have dried up, and fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness.

Fußnoten

(a)1:4 That which the palmerworm has left, etc:Some understand this literally of the desolation of the land by these insects: others understand it of the different invasions of the Chaldeans, or other enemies.(Challoner)
(b)1:8 This verse has been translated more loosely because a strict translation would obscure the meaning of the verse. The virgin is actually a betrothed virgin; she has married a man, but she is still a virgin because, according to ancient custom, they have not moved in together right away. He died and so she is mourning in sackcloth.(Conte)
(c)1:9 The implication is that only those priests who are true ministers of the Lord have mourned at the loss of sacrifice and libation. The Catholic interpretation of ‘sacrifice and libation’ is the bread and wine of the Eucharist.(Conte)
(d)1:10 Again, the Catholic understanding of this verse and its meaning for the Church is that the wheat and wine refers to the Eucharist and the oil refers to the Sacraments that make use of oil (such as Ordination).(Conte)
(e)1:11 The vineyard workers (or vintners) wail over the fruit of the vine, because that is their work, and over the barley, because that is their food. In Biblical times, barley was the food of the working poor. The text implies that the ‘frumento’ is the crop of the ‘vinitores,’ so the use of ‘their’ in the translation is fitting.(Conte)
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Wort des Herrn, welches an Joel, den Sohn Phatuels, erging.

Das verwüstete Land

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Höret dies, ihr Greise! Und vernehmet es, alle Bewohner des Landes! Ist wohl solches in euern Tagen geschehen oder in den Tagen eurer Väter?
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Davon erzählet euren Kindern und eure Kinder ihren Kindern und deren Kinder dem nachfolgenden Geschlechte.
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Was die Raupen verschonten, zehrten die Heuschrecken auf; was die Heuschrecken übrigließen, fraßen die Käfer; was die Käfer gelassen, verzehrte der Kornbrand.
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Wachet auf, ihr Trunkenen! Und wehklaget, jammert alle, die ihr Wein trinkt mit Lust, denn er wird von eurem Munde genommen.
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Denn ein Volk ist über mein Land hereingebrochen, stark und unzählig; seine Zähne sind wie Löwenzähne und sein Gebiss wie das junger Löwen.
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Es hat meine Weinberge verwüstet und meinen Feigenbaum abgeschält, hat sie entblößt, beraubt und niedergelegt, weiß wurden ihre Ranken.
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Wehklage wie eine Jungfrau, die ein Trauergewand angelegt hat, um den Mann ihrer Jugend.
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Entschwunden sind Speis- und Trankopfer vom Hause des Herrn, es trauern die Priester, die Diener des Herrn.
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Verwüstet ist das Gefilde, es trauert das Feld, denn vernichtet ist der Weizen, verdorrt der Wein, verschmachtet das Öl.
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Bestürzt sind die Ackerleute, die Winzer wehklagen um Korn und Gerste, denn dahin ist die Ernte des Feldes.
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Verdorrt ist der Weinstock und der Feigenbaum saftlos, Granate, Palme und Apfelbaum, alle Bäume des Feldes sind dürr geworden, denn dahin ist die Freude der Menschenkinder.

Trauer um das Land

(Amos 5,4-15; Zephanja 2,1-3; Lukas 13,1-5)
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Leget Trauergewänder an und wehklaget, ihr Priester! Jammert, ihr Diener des Altares! Kommet und haltet Wache im Trauergewande, ihr Diener meines Gottes! Denn dem Hause eures Gottes ist Speise- und Trankopfer genommen.
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Haltet ein heiliges Fasten, berufet die Gemeinde, versammelt die Ältesten, alle Bewohner des Landes, in das Haus eures Gottes und rufet zu dem Herrn:
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Wehe, wehe, wehe über den Tag! Denn nahe ist der Tag des Herrn und wie Verwüstung kommt er von dem Allmächtigen.
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Ist nicht die Nahrung entschwunden vor euren Augen, aus dem Hause unseres Gottes Freude und Jubel?
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Verfault ist das Vieh in seinem Unrat, abgebrochen sind die Speicher, verwüstet die Vorratskammern, denn verdorrt ist der Weizen.
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Warum stöhnt das Vieh, warum brüllen die Rinderherden? Weil sie keine Weide haben, und auch die Schafherden kommen um.
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Zu dir, Herr! will ich rufen, denn Feuer hat die schöne Trift verzehrt und die Flammengut alle Bäume des Landes verbrannt.
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Auch die Tiere des Feldes blicken auf zu dir, wie ein Land, das nach Regen dürstet; denn die Wasserquellen sind ausgetrocknet und Feuer hat die schöne Trift verzehrt.
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