Joel 1:13-20 - A Call To Lamentation

¹³ Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth you ministers of my God! The meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the House of your God. ¹⁴ Sanctify a fast! Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the House of Jehovah your God. Call out to Jehovah.

¹⁵ Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is near! Destruction will come from the Almighty! ¹⁶ Is not the food consumed before our eyes? Is joy and gladness removed from the House of our God? ¹⁷ The seeds rot under dirt clods. The storehouses are desolate. The barns are torn down because the grain has dried up. ¹⁸ How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep suffer. ¹⁹ I cry to you Jehovah! For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame burned all the trees of the field. ²⁰ Yes, the beasts of the field pant for you. The water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.