Joel 1:5

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“Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.”

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BSBPD

“Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joel 1:5 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 24:7The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
  2. Isaiah 32:10In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
  3. Jeremiah 4:8So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
  4. Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
  5. Joel 1:11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
  6. Joel 1:13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
  7. Joel 3:3They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
  8. Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
  9. Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
  10. Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
  11. Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  12. Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  13. James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

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