Joel 1:6-8

Lexham English Bible

⁶ Because a nation has invaded^[a] my land,
    strong and beyond counting.^[b]
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
    and its fangs are those of a lioness.
⁷ It has made my vine a desolation,
    and my fig tree a completely splintered stump.
It has stripped them bare and thrown them down;
    their branches have turned white.
⁸ Lament like a virgin girded in sackcloth
    for the husband of her youth.