Joel 2:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵ Blow the trumpet^(A) in Zion,^(B)
    declare a holy fast,^(C)
    call a sacred assembly.^(D)
16 Gather the people,
    consecrate^(E) the assembly;
bring together the elders,^(F)
    gather the children,
    those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom^(G) leave his room
    and the bride her chamber.
¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister^(H) before the Lord,
    weep^(I) between the portico and the altar.^(J)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
    Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,^(K)
    a byword^(L) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?^(M)’”