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12 The vine withers,
    the fig tree droops.
Pomegranate, palm, and apple—
    all the trees of the field are dried up;
surely, joy withers away
    among the people.

A Call to Repentance and Prayer

13 Put on sackcloth and lament, you priests;
    wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come, pass the night in sackcloth,
    you ministers of my God!
Grain offering and drink offering
    are withheld from the house of your God.

14 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 out to the Lord.

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12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;(A)
the pomegranate,(B) the palm and the apple[a] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.(C)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth,(D) you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister(E) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(F)
    are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;(G)
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land(H)
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out(I) to the Lord.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:12 Or possibly apricot