Joel 1:5 Cross References

Joel 1:5

5: Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! All the grapes are ruined, and all your new wine is gone!

Look here, you rich people, weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.

"Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware,
as in a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.
Keep a constant watch. And pray that, if possible, you may escape these horrors and stand before the Son of Man."

In a short time--in just a little more than a year--you careless ones will suddenly begin to care. For your fruit crop will fail, and the harvest will never take place.
Tremble, you women of ease; throw off your unconcern. Strip off your pretty clothes, and wear sackcloth in your grief.
Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms that will soon be gone, and for those fruitful vines of other years.

All the joys of life will be gone. The grape harvest will fail, and there will be no wine. The merrymakers will sigh and mourn.
The clash of tambourines will be stilled; the happy cries of celebration will be heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp will be silent.
Gone are the joys of wine and song; strong drink now turns bitter in the mouth.
The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out looters.
Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has reached its lowest ebb. Gladness has been banished from the land.

You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.
How terrible it will be for you who sprawl on ivory beds surrounded with luxury, eating the meat of tender lambs and choice calves.
You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and you fancy yourselves to be great musicians, as King David was.
You drink wine by the bowlful, and you perfume yourselves with exotic fragrances, caring nothing at all that your nation is going to ruin.
Therefore, you will be the first to be led away as captives. Suddenly, all your revelry will end.

They cast lots to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded young boys for prostitutes and little girls for enough wine to get drunk.

So put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the LORD is still upon us.

Dress yourselves in sackcloth, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God! There is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God.

Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So don't live in darkness. Get rid of your evil deeds. Shed them like dirty clothes. Clothe yourselves with the armor of right living, as those who live in the light.
We should be decent and true in everything we do, so that everyone can approve of our behavior. Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk, or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting and jealousy.
But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge your evil desires.

Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley--yes, all the field crops--are ruined.

and his soul went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Lazarus in the far distance with Abraham.
"The rich man shouted, 'Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in these flames.'
"But Abraham said to him, 'Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.

Jesus said, "There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed and who lived each day in luxury.

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