rsv Joel:1:13-20 SEEK
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Gird on sackcloth and lament ,
O priests ,
wail ,
O ministers of the altar .
Go in ,
pass the night in sackcloth ,
O ministers of my God !
Because cereal offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God .
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Sanctify a fast ,
call a solemn assembly .
Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God ;
and cry to the LORD .
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Alas for the day !
For the day of the LORD is near ,
and as destruction from the Almighty it comes .
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Is not the food cut off before our eyes ,
joy and gladness from the house of our God ?
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The seed shrivels under the clods ,
the storehouses are desolate ;
the granaries are ruined because the grain has failed .
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How the beasts groan !
The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them ;
even the flocks of sheep are dismayed .
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Unto thee ,
O LORD ,
I cry .
For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness ,
and flame has burned all the trees of the field .
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Even the wild beasts cry to thee because the water brooks are dried up ,
and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness .