Joel 1:15-17

Modern English Version

¹⁵ Alas, for the day!
    For the day of the Lord is near,
    and like devastation from the Almighty it comes.

¹⁶ Has not the food been cut off
    before our eyes,
joy and gladness
    from the house of our God?
¹⁷ The seeds have shriveled
    under their shovels,
the storehouses have been deserted;
    the granaries have been torn down,
    because the grain has dried up.