Joel 1:14-18

Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Into the house of the Lord your God, And cry out to the Lord.

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

Is not the food cut off before our eyes, Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The seed shrivels under the clods, Storehouses are in shambles; Barns are broken down, For the grain has withered.

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are restless, Because they have no pasture; Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.