Joel 1:11-20

1112Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the 3harvest of the field is destroyed.12The 4vine dries up And the fig tree 5fails; The 6pomegranate, the 7palm also, and the 89apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, 10rejoicing dries up From the sons of men.

1311Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; 12Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, 13spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.1414Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a 15solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the Lord your God, And 16cry out to the Lord.1517Alas for the day! For the 18day of the Lord is near, And it will come as 19destruction from the 20Almighty.16Has not 21food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and 22joy from the house of our God?17The 2324seeds shrivel under their 25clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.18How 26the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep 27suffer.1928To You, O Lord, I cry; For 29fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.20Even the beasts of the field 3031pant for You; For the 32water brooks are dried up And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.