Joel 1:10–17

¹⁰The fields are destroyed;ⁿ

the land grieves;

indeed, the grain is destroyed;

the new wine is dried up;^o

and the fresh oil fails.^p

¹¹Be ashamed, you farmers,^q

wail, you vinedressers,^A

over the wheat and the barley,

because the harvest of the field has perished.^r

¹²The grapevine is dried up,^s

and the fig tree is withered;

the pomegranate,^t the date palm,^u and the apple^v—

all the trees of the orchard—have withered.

Indeed, human joy has dried up.^w

¹³Dress in sackcloth and lament,^x you priests;^y

wail,^z you ministers of the altar.

Come and spend the night in sackcloth,^aa

you ministers of my God,

because grain and drink offerings

are withheld from the house of your God.

¹⁴Announce a sacred fast;^ab

proclaim a solemn assembly!

Gather the elders^ac

and all the residents of the land

at the house of the Lord your God,^ad

and cry out to the Lord.^ae

THE DAY OF THE LORD

¹⁵Woe because of that day!^af

For the day of the Lord is near

and will come as devastation from the Almighty.^ag

¹⁶Hasn’t the food been cut off

before our eyes,^ah

joy and gladness^ai

from the house of our God?

¹⁷The seeds lie shriveled in their casings.^Aaj

The storehouses are in ruin,

and the granaries are broken down,

because the grain has withered away.