Joel 1:10–17

¹⁰The fields are ruined;

the ground is dried up.

The grain is destroyed,

the new wine is dried up,

and the olive oil runs out.

¹¹Be sad, farmers.

Cry loudly, you who grow grapes.

Cry for the wheat and the barley.

Cry because the harvest of the field is lost.

¹²The vines have become dry,

and the fig trees are dried up.

The pomegranate trees, the date palm trees, the apple trees—

all the trees in the field have died.

And the happiness of the people has died, too.

¹³Priests, put on your rough cloth and cry to show your sadness.

Servants of the altar, cry out loud.

Servants of my God,

keep your rough cloth on all night to show your sadness.

Cry because there will be no more grain or drink offerings

to offer in the Temple of your God.

¹⁴Call for a day when everyone fasts!

Tell everyone to stop work!

Bring the elders

and everyone who lives in the land

to the Temple of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

¹⁵What a terrible day it will be!

The Lord’s day of judging is near,

when punishment will come

like a destroying attack from the Almighty.

¹⁶Our food is taken away

while we watch.

Joy and happiness are gone

from the Temple of our God.

¹⁷Though we planted fig seeds,

they lie dry and dead in the dirt.

The barns are empty and falling down.

The storerooms for grain have been broken down,

because the grain has dried up.