Joel 2:15-18

15Blow the trumpet in Zion. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly!

16Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.

17Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, “Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, “Where is their God?”

18Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.