1This is the word of the LORD that…
2Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all…
3Tell it to your children; let your children…
4What the devouring locust has left, the swarming…
5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all…
6For a nation has invaded My land, powerful…
7It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered…
8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving…
9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off…
10The field is ruined; the land mourns. For…
11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over…
12The grapevine is dried up, and the fig…
13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail,…
14Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather…
15Alas for the day! For the Day of…
16Has not the food been cut off before…
17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the…
18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in…
19To You, O LORD, I call, for fire…
20Even the beasts of the field pant for…
