This keepsake edition of The Book of Joel was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style and the most important book in the English language it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years. The Book of Joel describes a plague of locusts and it effects on the people of Israel and how their repentance could bring about hoped for reiteration of Israel. In the New Testament Joel_x0019_ s prophecy of the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit upon all people was notably quoted by Saint Peter in his Pentecost sermon.