Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions." Brief Summary: A terrible plague of locusts is followed by a severe famine throughout the land. Joel uses these happenings as the catalyst to send words of warning to Judah. Unless the people repent quickly and completely, enemy armies will devour the land as did the natural elements. Joel appeals to all the people and the priests of the land to fast and humble themselves as they seek God's forgiveness.
Muhtasari kwa kifupi: Pigo la kutisha la nzige linafutiwa na njaa kali katika nchi yote. Yoeli anatumia matukio haya kama kichocheo kutuma maneno ya onyo kwa Yuda. Ila tu watu watubu kabisa kwa haraka, majeshi ya adui wameza nchi kana kwamba ni vitu vya asili. Yoeli anawasihi watu wote na makuhani wa nchi kufunga na kujinyenyekeza wanapotafuta msamaha wa Mungu. Ikiwa wataitikia, kutakuwa na kubarikiwa upya kifedha na kiroho kwa taifa.