Yoel 1:11

1:11 Be distressed, ¹  farmers;

wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley.

For the harvest of the field has perished.

Yoel 2:13

2:13 Return to the Lord your God,

for he is merciful and compassionate,

slow to anger and boundless in loyal love ²  – often relenting from calamitous punishment. ³ 

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “embarrassed”; or “be ashamed.”

[2:13]  ² tn Heb “and great of loyal love.”

[2:13]  ³ tn Heb “and he relents from calamity.”