14. Declare a holy fast;call a sacred assembly.Summon the eldersand all who live in the landto the house of the Lord your God,and cry out to the Lord.
15. Alas for that day!For the day of the Lord is near;it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
16. Has not the food been cut offbefore our very eyes –joy and gladnessfrom the house of our God?
17. The seeds are shrivelledbeneath the clods.The storehouses are in ruins,the granaries have been broken down,for the grain has dried up.