Joel 1:10–20

¹⁰The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. ¹¹Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished. ¹²The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm also and the apple-tree; all the trees of the field are withered, yea, joy is withered away from the children of men. ¹³Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

¹⁴Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah. ¹⁵Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. ¹⁶Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? ¹⁷The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. ¹⁸How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering. ¹⁹To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field. ²⁰The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.