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11 Be ·sad [in despair; or ashamed; embarrassed], farmers.
    ·Cry loudly [Wail], you who grow grapes.
Cry for the wheat and the barley.
    Cry because the harvest of the field is ·lost [ruined; destroyed].
12 The vines have ·become dry [dried up],
    and the fig trees ·are dried up [have withered/languish].
The pomegranate trees, the date palm trees, the apple trees—
    all the trees in the field ·have died [are dried up].
And the ·happiness [joy; gladness] of the ·people [L sons/children of man/humanity] has died, too.
13 Priests, put on your ·rough cloth [sackcloth] and ·cry to show your sadness [mourn; lament].
    ·Servants [Ministers] of the altar, ·cry out loud [wail].
Servants of my God,
    ·keep your rough cloth on all night to show your sadness [spend the night in sackcloth].
Cry because there will be no more grain [L gift; tribute; Lev. 2:1] or drink offerings
    to offer in the ·Temple [L house] of your God.

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