Joel 1:6-8

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⁶For a nation has invaded my land,
    powerful and innumerable;
its teeth are lions’ teeth,
    and it has the fangs of a lioness.^(A)
⁷It has laid waste my vines
    and splintered my fig trees;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
    their branches have turned white.^(B)

⁸Lament like a virgin dressed in sackcloth
for the husband of her youth.^(C)