Joel 1:10–17

¹⁰Our fields are wiped out.

The ground is dried up.

The grain is destroyed.

The fresh wine is gone.

And there isn’t any more olive oil.

¹¹Farmers, be sad.

Cry, you who grow vines.

Sob because the wheat and barley are gone.

The crops in the fields are destroyed.

¹²The vines and fig trees are dried up.

The pomegranate, palm and apple trees

don’t have any fruit on them.

In fact, all of the trees in the fields are dried up.

And my people’s joy has faded away.

Turn Away From Sin

¹³Priests, put on black clothes and sob.

Cry, you who serve at the altar.

Come, you who serve my God in the temple.

Spend the night dressed in black clothes.

Sob because no one brings grain offerings and drink offerings

to the house of your God anymore.

¹⁴Announce a holy fast.

Tell the people not to eat anything.

Gather them together for a special service.

Send for all of the elders

who live in the land.

Have them come to the house of the Lord your God.

And pray to him.

¹⁵The day of the Lord is near.

How sad it will be on that day!

The Mighty One is coming to destroy you.

¹⁶Our food has been taken away

right in front of our eyes.

There isn’t any joy or gladness

in the house of our God.

¹⁷The seeds have dried up in the ground.

The grain is also gone.

The storerooms have been destroyed.

The barns are broken down.