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Joel speaks with an elder, a mother, and children beside a village doorway and ruined fields.
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Joel 1:1-3

Tell the next generation

The Land Mourns · Joel 1

Story guide: Joel speaks to an elder and a family beside ruined fields. His opening call asks each generation to pass the memory of this devastation to the next.

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1The word of Yahweh that came to Joel son of Pethuel.

2Hear this, you elders, and give ear, all inhabitants of the land: Has this happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

3Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children tell another generation.

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