6. because a nation, powerful and beyond number,has invaded my land.Its teeth are like lions’ teeth;its fangs are like those of a lioness.
7. It has destroyed my vines,splintered my fig trees,stripped off their bark and thrown it down;their branches have turned white.
8. Lament like a woman dressed in funeral clothing,one who has lost the husband of her youth.
9. 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.
11. Be shocked, you farmers;howl, you vinedressers,over the wheat and the barley,for the crops of the field are destroyed.
12. The grapevine is dried up;the fig tree withers.Pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the field are dried up.Joy fades away from the people.
13. Dress for a funeral and grieve, you priests;lament, ministers of the altar.Come, spend the night in funeral clothing, servants of my God,because the grain offering and the drink offeringhave gone from the temple of your God.
14. Demand a fast,request a special assembly.Gather the eldersand all the land’s peopleto the temple of the Lord your God,and cry out to the Lord.
15. What a terrible day!The day of the Lord is near;it comes like chaos from the Almighty.