Joel 2:15-17

Tree of Life Version

¹⁵ Blow the shofar in Zion!
Sanctify a fast;
proclaim an assembly.
¹⁶ Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;
assemble the elders;
gather the children,
    even those nursing at breasts.
Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom
and the bride from her chamber.
¹⁷ Between the porch and the altar
let the kohanim, ministers of Adonai,
    weep, and let them say:
    “Have pity, Adonai, on Your people.
    Don’t make Your heritage a scorn,
        a byword among the nations.
Why should the peoples say,
    ‘Where is their God?’”^[a]