Joel 2:15-17

New King James Version

^15 (A)Blow the ^[a]trumpet in Zion,
^(B)Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
¹⁶ Gather the people,
^(C)Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
^(D)Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.
¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister to the Lord,
Weep ^(E)between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, ^(F)“Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should ^[b]rule over them.
^(G)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”