Joel 1:13-20

13Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

14Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land at the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.

15Woe because of that day! For the day of the Lord is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

16Hasn’t the food been cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17The seeds lie shriveled in their casings. The storehouses are in ruin, and the granaries are broken down, because the grain has withered away.

18How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander in confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep and goats suffer punishment.

19I call to you, Lord, for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have devoured all the trees of the orchard.

20Even the wild animals cry out to you, for the river beds are dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.