14 Announce a sacred fast;(A)
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders(B)
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,(C)
and cry out to the Lord.(D)

The Day of the Lord

15 Woe because of that day!(E)
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.(F)
16 Hasn’t the food been cut off
before our eyes,(G)
joy and gladness(H)
from the house of our God?

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14 Declare a holy fast;(A)
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land(B)
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out(C) to the Lord.(D)

15 Alas for that(E) day!
    For the day of the Lord(F) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a](G)

16 Has not the food been cut off(H)
    before our very eyes—
joy and gladness(I)
    from the house of our God?(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:15 Hebrew Shaddai