Joel 1:10–20

¹⁰The fields are bare;

the ground mourns

because the corn is destroyed,

the grapes are dried up, and the olive trees are withered.

¹¹Grieve, you farmers;

cry, you that take care of the vineyards,

because the wheat, the barley,

yes, all the crops are destroyed.

¹²The grapevines and fig trees have withered;

all the fruit trees have wilted and died.

The joy of the people is gone.

¹³Put on sackcloth and weep,

you priests who serve at the altar!

Go into the Temple and mourn all night!

There is no corn or wine to offer your God.

¹⁴Give orders for a fast;

call an assembly!

Gather the leaders

and all the people of Judah

into the Temple of the Lord your God

and cry out to him.

^15*The day of the Lord is near;

the day when the Almighty brings destruction.

What terror that day will bring!

¹⁶We look on helpless as our crops are destroyed.

There is no joy in the Temple of our God.

¹⁷The seeds die in the dry earth.

There is no grain to be stored,

and so the empty granaries are in ruins.

¹⁸The cattle are bellowing in distress

because there is no pasture for them;

the flocks of sheep also suffer.

¹⁹I cry out to you, Lord,

because the pastures and trees are dried up,

as though a fire had burnt them.

²⁰Even the wild animals cry out to you

because the streams have become dry.