Holy Scripture

Joel 1:15

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 15.) Ah, ah, ah, woe to the day, for the day of the Lord is near, and it will come like a devastation (or storm) from the Almighty. LXX: Woe is me, woe is me, woe is me on that day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come like misery upon misery. Because we have translated it as 'from the Almighty,' i…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Joel

Source: Septuagint

Original

15Alas, alas, alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.

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In context

13Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests: mourn, ye that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloth, ye that minister to God: for the meat offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

14Sanctify a fast, proclaim a solemn service, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God, and cry earnestly to the Lord,

— Joel 1:15 —

16Your meat has been destroyed before your eyes, joy and gladness from out of the house of your God.

17The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the winepresses are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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