Joel 1:2-4

English Standard Version Anglicised

^2 (A)Hear this, ^(B)you elders;
    give ear, ^(C)all inhabitants of the land!
^(D)Has such a thing happened in your days,
    or in the days of your fathers?
^3 (E)Tell your children of it,
    and let your children tell their children,
    and their children to another generation.
⁴ What ^(F)the cutting locust left,
    ^(G)the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
    ^(H)the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
    ^(I)the destroying locust has eaten.