Joel 2:16-18

Modern English Version

¹⁶ Gather the people,
    consecrate the congregation,
assemble the elders,
    gather the children
    and those nursing at the breast;
let the bridegroom leave his room
    and the bride her chamber.
¹⁷ Between the temple porch and the altar,
    let the priests, ministers of the Lord, weep and say,
“Have pity upon Your people,
    and do not make Your heritage a disgrace,
    a mockery among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?’ ”

¹⁸ Then the Lord became jealous for His land
    and took pity upon His people.