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Announcement of the Day of the Lord

15 How terrible that day will be!
    Yes, the Day of the Lord is near.
    It will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a]
16         Hasn’t the food been cut off right before our eyes?
        Happiness and celebration are cut off from the house of our God.
17         The planted seed is dried up under the clods of earth.[b]
        The storehouses are in ruins.
        The granaries have been broken down, because the grain has dried up.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:15 In Hebrew the words destruction and Almighty have a similar sound and create a play on words.
  2. Joel 1:17 The meaning of this line is uncertain.