Joel 2:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Blow the trumpet in Zion!
    Proclaim a fast!
    Announce a solemn assembly!
¹⁶ Gather the people together;
    summon the community;
assemble the elders;
    gather the children,
    even infants at the breast.
Call forth the bridegroom from his bedroom
    and the bride from her wedding chamber.
¹⁷ Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
    stand weeping, between the temple porch and the altar,
as they say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
    and do not allow your heritage^[a] to be mocked
    and subjected to the contempt of the nations.
Why should the peoples say
    ‘Where is their God?’ ”