Joel 1:15-17

Common English Bible

¹⁵ What a terrible day!
    The day of the Lord is near;
        it comes like chaos from the Almighty.^[a]
16 Isn’t the food cut off
    right before our eyes?
    Aren’t joy and gladness also gone from our God’s house?
¹⁷ The grain shrivels under the shovels;^[b]
    the barns are empty.
The granaries are in ruin
    because the grain has dried up.