American Standard Version
"Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. "
— Joel 1:15, American Standard Version
“Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”
“Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.”
“How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.”
“Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.”
“Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.”
“Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”
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.
Gird yourselveswith sackcloth, 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 are withholden from the house of your God.
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.