nkjv@Joel:1:13 @ Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; Wail, you who minister before the altar; Come, lie all night in sackcloth, You who minister to my God; For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.
nkjv@Joel:1:14 @ 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.
nkjv@Joel:1:15 @ Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
nkjv@Joel:1:16 @ Is not the food cut off before our eyes, Joy and gladness from the house of our God?
nkjv@Joel:1:17 @ The seed shrivels under the clods, Storehouses are in shambles; Barns are broken down, For the grain has withered.
nkjv@Joel:1:18 @ How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are restless, Because they have no pasture; Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
nkjv@Joel:1:19 @ O LORD, to You I cry out; For fire has devoured the open pastures, And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
nkjv@Joel:1:20 @ The beasts of the field also cry out to You, For the water brooks are dried up, And fire has devoured the open pastures.