15And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.


In Context

12 The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.

13 Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.

14 Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders — all the inhabitants of the land, Into the house of Jehovah your God,

15 And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

16 Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?

17 Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.

Joel 1:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for that day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:15Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.