13. Put on sackcloth and weep,you priests who serve at the altar!Go into the Temple and mourn all night!There is no corn or wine to offer your God.
14. Give orders for a fast;call an assembly!Gather the leadersand all the people of Judahinto the Temple of the Lord your Godand cry out to him.
15. The day of the Lord is near;the day when the Almighty brings destruction.What terror that day will bring!
16. We look on helpless as our crops are destroyed.There is no joy in the Temple of our God.
17. The seeds die in the dry earth.There is no grain to be stored,and so the empty granaries are in ruins.