Joel 1:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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.^(A)

⁸Lament like a virgin dressed in sackcloth
    for the husband of her youth.^(B)
⁹The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
    from the house of the Lord.
The priests mourn,
    the ministers of the Lord.^(C)