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Lament like a woman dressed in funeral clothing,
    one who has lost the husband of her youth.
The grain offering and the drink offering are gone from the Lord’s temple.
The priests and the Lord’s ministers mourn.
10 The fields are devastated,
        the ground mourns;
    for the grain is destroyed,
        the new wine dries up,
        the olive oil fails.

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Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(A)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
Grain offerings and drink offerings(B)
    are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,(C)
    those who minister before the Lord.
10 The fields are ruined,
    the ground is dried up;(D)
the grain is destroyed,
    the new wine(E) is dried up,
    the olive oil fails.(F)

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