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11 Be ashamed, farmers;
    Wail, vinedressers,
over the wheat and over the barley,
    because the harvest of the field is ruined.
12 The vine withers
    and the fig tree droops.
The pomegranate tree, and also the palm tree, the apple tree
    —all the trees of the field—are dried up.
Indeed, joy is dried up
    among the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves and lament, O priests!
    Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come spend the night in sackcloth,
    O ministers of my God,
because offering and libation
    are withheld from the house of your God.

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11 Despair, you farmers,(A)
    wail, you vine growers;
grieve for the wheat and the barley,(B)
    because the harvest of the field is destroyed.(C)
12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;(D)
the pomegranate,(E) the palm and the apple[a] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.(F)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth,(G) you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister(H) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(I)
    are withheld from the house of your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:12 Or possibly apricot