13. Dress for a funeral and grieve, you priests;lament, ministers of the altar.Come, spend the night in funeral clothing, servants of my God,because the grain offering and the drink offeringhave gone from the temple of your God.
14. Demand a fast,request a special assembly.Gather the eldersand all the land’s peopleto the temple of the Lord your God,and cry out to the Lord.
15. What a terrible day!The day of the Lord is near;it comes like chaos from the Almighty.
16. Isn’t the food cut offright before our eyes?Aren’t joy and gladness also gone from our God’s house?
17. The grain shrivels under the shovels;the barns are empty.The granaries are in ruinbecause the grain has dried up.