Joel 2:15-18

15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion. Schedule a time to fast. Call for an assembly.

16Gather the people. Prepare them for a holy meeting. Assemble the leaders. Gather the children, even the nursing infants. Grooms leave their rooms. Brides leave their chambers.

17The priests who serve the Lord cry between the altar and the entrance to the temple. They say, “Spare your people, O Lord. Don’t let the people who belong to you become a disgrace. Don’t let the nations ridicule them. Why should people ask, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

18Then the Lord became concerned about his land, and he had pity on his people.