Joel 1:13-20

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹³ Put on sackcloth, you priests, and lament.
    Wail, you who minister in front of the altar.
    Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God,
    because the grain offerings and drink offerings
    are being held back from the house of your God.

¹⁵ How terrible that day will be!
    Yes, the Day of the Lord is near.
    It will come like destruction from the Almighty.^[a]
16         Hasn’t the food been cut off right before our eyes?
        Happiness and celebration are cut off from the house of our God.
¹⁷         The planted seed is dried up under the clods of earth.^[b]
        The storehouses are in ruins.
        The granaries have been broken down, because the grain has dried up.
¹⁸         Listen to how the cattle bellow!
        The herds of cattle are milling around in confusion, because they have no pasture.
        Even the flocks of sheep are suffering punishment.

¹⁹ To you, O Lord, I call,
    because fire has consumed the grazing lands in the wilderness,^[c]
    and flames have burned up all the trees in the countryside.
²⁰ Even the animals in the countryside pant for you.
    The streams of water have dried up,
    and fire has consumed the grazing lands in the wilderness.