Joel 1:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² The vines have ·become dry [dried up],
    and the fig trees ·are dried up [have withered/languish].
The pomegranate trees, the date palm trees, the apple trees—
    all the trees in the field ·have died [are dried up].
And the ·happiness [joy; gladness] of the ·people [^Lsons/children of man/humanity] has died, too.
¹³ Priests, put on your ·rough cloth [sackcloth] and ·cry to show your sadness [mourn; lament].
    ·Servants [Ministers] of the altar, ·cry out loud [wail].
Servants of my God,
    ·keep your rough cloth on all night to show your sadness [spend the night in sackcloth].
Cry because there will be no more grain [^Lgift; tribute; Lev. 2:1] or drink offerings
    to offer in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of your God.
¹⁴ ·Call for [Declare; Appoint; Consecrate] a ·day when everyone fasts [fast]!
    ·Tell everyone to stop work [^LCall a sacred assembly]!
·Bring [Assemble] the elders
    and everyone who lives in the land
to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord your God,
    and cry out to the Lord.