12. The vine is dried up,and the fig tree is withered;pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the field are dry;surely joy has withered awayfrom the sons of men.
13. Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;wail, ministers of the altar.Come, spend the night in sackcloth,ministers of my God,because the grain offering and the drink offeringare withheld from the house of your God.
14. Consecrate a fast,call a sacred assembly,assemble the eldersand all the inhabitants of the landto the house of the Lord your God,and cry out to the Lord.