Joel 1:13-20 - Heartlight

¹³Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;

wail, O ministers of the altar.

Come, spend the night in sackcloth,

O ministers of my God,

because the grain and drink offerings

are withheld from the house of your God.

¹⁴Consecrate a fast;

proclaim a solemn assembly!

Gather the elders

and all the residents of the land

to the house of the LORD your God,

and cry out to the LORD.

¹⁵Alas for the day!

For the Day of the LORD is near,

and it will come

as destruction from the Almighty.

¹⁶Has not the food been cut off

before our very eyes —

joy and gladness

from the house of our God?

¹⁷The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;

the storehouses are in ruins;

the granaries are broken down,

for the grain has withered away.

¹⁸How the cattle groan!

The herds wander in confusion

because they have no pasture.

Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

¹⁹To You, O LORD, I call,

for fire has consumed the open pastures

and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

²⁰Even the beasts of the field pant for You,

for the streams of water have dried up,

and fire has consumed the open pastures.

— Joel 1:13-20

(BSB)

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