1:13 Get dressed 1 and lament, you priests!
Wail, you who minister at the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God,
because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings
to the temple of your God anymore. 2
1:14 Announce a holy fast; 3
proclaim a sacred assembly.
Gather the elders and 4 all the inhabitants of the land
to the temple of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
1:15 How awful that day will be! 5
For the day of the Lord is near;
it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer. 6
1:16 Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! 7
There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God! 8
1:17 The grains of seed 9 have shriveled beneath their shovels. 10
Storehouses have been decimated
and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.
1:18 Listen to the cattle groan! 11
The herds of livestock wander around in confusion 12
because they have no pasture.
Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
1:19 To you, O Lord, I call out for help, 13
for fire 14 has burned up 15 the grassy pastures, 16
flames have razed 17 all the trees in the fields.
1:20 Even the wild animals 18 cry out to you; 19
for the river beds 20 have dried up;
fire has destroyed 21 the grassy pastures. 22