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Joel 1:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

An army of locusts has attacked our land; they are powerful and too many to count; their teeth are as sharp as those of a lion.

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I will give you back what you lost in the years when swarms of locusts ate your crops. It was I who sent this army against you.

There are people who take cruel advantage of the poor and needy; that is the way they make their living.

The people of Israel will not remain in the Lord's land, but will have to go back to Egypt and will have to eat forbidden food in Assyria.

and thorn bushes and briers are growing on my people's land. Weep for all the houses where people were happy and for the city that was full of life.

They will sweep through Judah in a flood, rising shoulder high and covering everything.” God is with us! His outspread wings protect the land.

He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.