Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

The field is wasted, the land mourneth for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

The vine is dried up, 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: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, [even] to the years of many generations.

The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses and as horsemen, so shall they run.

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

Neither shall one thrust another they shall walk every one in his path: and [when] they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

The earth shall quake before them the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

But I will remove far off from you the northern [army], and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.

And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I [am] strong.

Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision.

The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love [which ye have] to all the saints,

Which is come unto you, as [it is] in all the world and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins:

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: