Joel 1:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵ Alas for that^(A) day!
    For the day of the Lord^(B) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.^[a](C)

¹⁶ Has not the food been cut off^(D)
    before our very eyes—
joy and gladness^(E)
    from the house of our God?^(F)
17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.^[b](G)
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.