Joel 1:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² The vines and fig trees are dried up.
    The pomegranate, palm and apple trees
    don’t have any fruit on them.
In fact, all the trees in the fields are dried up.
    And my people’s joy has faded away.

¹³ Priests, put on the clothing of sadness and mourn.
    Cry, you who serve at the altar.
Come, you who serve my God in the temple.
    Spend the night dressed in the clothes of sadness.
Weep because no one brings grain offerings and drink offerings
    to the house of your God anymore.
¹⁴ Announce a holy fast.
    Tell the people not to eat anything.
    Gather them together for a special service.
Send for the elders
    and all who live in the land.
Have them come to the house of the Lord your God.
    And pray to him.