13 [a]Gird yourselves and lament ye Priests: howl ye ministers of the altar: come, and lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering, and the drink offering is taken away from the house of your God.

14 Sanctify you a fast: call a solemn assembly: gather the Elders, and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord,

15 Alas: for the day, for the [b]day of the Lord is at hand, and it cometh as a destruction from the Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:13 He showeth that the only means to avoid God’s wrath, and to have all things restored, is unfeigned repentance.
  2. Joel 1:15 We see by these great plagues that utter destruction is at hand.

A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth,(A) you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister(B) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(C)
    are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;(D)
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land(E)
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out(F) to the Lord.(G)

15 Alas for that(H) day!
    For the day of the Lord(I) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a](J)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:15 Hebrew Shaddai