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This biblical book’s injunction to “lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth” is paraphrased in the third responsory on Holy Saturday. An epic simile in this book compares a group of animals to a marauding army of warriors who “climb up on the houses” and “enter in at the windows.” This book rebukes insincere repenters with the instruction “rend your heart, not your garments.” This three-chapter book is named for the son of Pethuel, (-5[1])who is known as “the learned prophet” for his numerous allusions to Exodus and Isaiah, though his own description of the Day of the Lord is quoted on (-5[1])Pentecost (10[1])by Peter in Acts. Modern interpretations have declared this (10[1])book “the prophet of ecological doom” for its two poems describing Israel being ravaged (10[1]-5[1])by drought (-5[1])and swarms of locusts. For 10 points, name this second (10[1])minor prophetic (-5[1])book in the Hebrew Bible, (10[1])placed between Hosea and Amos. (10[3])■END■ (10[4]0[17])

ANSWER: Book of Joel [or Yōʾēl]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2352%0%22%138.83

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin YeUC Berkeley BPurdue A73-5
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ATexas A101-5
Clark SmithOhio State AWUSTL A10210
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt ARutgers B11110
Enoch YuenImperial AMichigan A12510
Natan HoltzmanStanford AFlorida A125-5
Cormac BeirneMcGill ARutgers A127-5
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech ACornell A13710
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AMIT A139-5
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AMinnesota B14410
Robert CondronChicago CMinnesota A14910
Mitch McCullarIllinois AIowa State A14910
Leah HonsingerFlorida AStanford A14910
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina ACornell B15010
Matt JacksonChicago AYale A15010
Daniel MaYale AChicago A1500
John BroussardHouston AFlorida B1500
Jeya IyaduraiFlorida BHouston A1500
Ricky LiMIT AUC Berkeley A1500
Tomás Aguilar-FragaClaremont ASouth Carolina A1500
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AClaremont A1500
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia AToronto A1500
Sky LiToronto AColumbia A1500
David BassVirginia AGeorgia Tech B1500
Brad MacLaineTexas AHarvard A1500
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BNYU A1500
Halle FriedmanNYU AColumbia B1500
Alex AkridgeIndiana ANorthwestern A15010
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AIndiana A1500
Matthew SiffYale BWUSTL B15010
Anson BernsBrown AChicago B1500
Amogh KulkarniChicago BBrown A1500
Ashish SubramanianDuke AMaryland A1500
Connor MayersMaryland ADuke A1500