¹⁵ Alas for that^(A) day!
    For the day of the Lord^(B) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.^[a](C)

¹⁶ Has not the food been cut off^(D)
    before our very eyes—
joy and gladness^(E)
    from the house of our God?^(F)
17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.^[b](G)
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.
¹⁸ How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;^(H)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.^(I)

¹⁹ To you, Lord, I call,^(J)
    for fire^(K) has devoured the pastures^(L) in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
²⁰ Even the wild animals pant for you;^(M)
    the streams of water have dried up^(N)
    and fire has devoured the pastures^(O) in the wilderness.