Joel 1:15–20
For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
17 The seed shrivels under the clods,a
the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are ruined
because the grain has failed.
The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep are dismayed.
For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild beasts cry to thee
because the water brooks are dried up,
and fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.