Joel 1:13-20 - A Call To Lamentation
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wail,
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
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For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
The storehouses are in ruin,
and the granaries are broken down,
because the grain has withered away.
The herds of cattle wander in confusion
since they have no pasture.
Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
for fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flames have devoured
all the trees of the countryside.
for the river beds are dried up,
and fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness.
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