Joel 1:6-12

New International Version

⁶ A nation has invaded my land,
    a mighty army without number;^(A)
it has the teeth^(B) of a lion,
    the fangs of a lioness.
⁷ It has laid waste^(C) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.^(D)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.

⁸ Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth^(E)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
⁹ Grain offerings and drink offerings^(F)
    are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,^(G)
    those who minister before the Lord.
¹⁰ The fields are ruined,
    the ground is dried up;^(H)
the grain is destroyed,
    the new wine^(I) is dried up,
    the olive oil fails.^(J)

¹¹ Despair, you farmers,^(K)
    wail, you vine growers;
grieve for the wheat and the barley,^(L)
    because the harvest of the field is destroyed.^(M)
12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;^(N)
the pomegranate,^(O) the palm and the apple^[a] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.^(P)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.