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8 “Grieve like a virgin, who, dressed in her mourner’s clothes, cries out in memory of the man she was going to marry.
9 Both grain offering and wine offering have been removed from the LORD’s Temple; the priests and ministering servants of the LORD are mourning.”
10The Coming Famine“The fields lie in ruins and the ground is dried up. Indeed, the grain is ruined, the new wine has evaporated, and the olive oil has run out.
11 Be dismayed, you farmers! Cry aloud, you vintners, for the wheat and barley, because the harvest in your fields has been lost.
12 The grapevine is shriveled and the fig tree is withered, along with the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, the apple tree and all of the cultivated trees. Truly, joy has evaporated from Adam’s children.”
13A Call to Mourn and Repent“Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner’s clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.
14 Set apart time for a fast! Call a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and everyone living in the land to the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD!”
15A Lament about the Day of the LORDOh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!
16 Isn’t our food supply cut off right in front of us, along with joy and gladness from the Temple of our God?
17 Seeds shrivel within their furrows, the storehouses lie empty, and granaries stand in ruins because the grain has withered.
18 Oh, how the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. Even flocks of sheep suffer!
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