(A)Tell your sons about it,
And have your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.

What the (B)gnawing locust has left, the [a]swarming locust has eaten;
And what the (C)swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the (D)stripping locust has eaten.
Awake, (E)you heavy drinkers, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
Because of the sweet wine,
For it has been (F)eliminated from your mouth.

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  1. Joel 1:4 Or migratory

Tell it to your children,(A)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(B)
What the locust(C) swarm has left
    the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left
    the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have left(D)
    other locusts[a] have eaten.(E)

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, all you drinkers of wine;(F)
wail because of the new wine,
    for it has been snatched(G) from your lips.

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  1. Joel 1:4 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.