Joel 1:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ For a nation has invaded my land,
    powerful and too vast to count,
possessing teeth like those of a lion,
    and the fangs of a lioness.
⁷ It has laid waste my vines
    and destroyed my fig trees,
stripping off their bark
    and leaving their branches white.
⁸ Lament like a virgin garbed in sackcloth
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.