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^(C1)Put on sackcloth And mourn, you priests; ^(C2)Wail, you ministers of the altar! Come, ^(C3)spend the night in sackcloth, You ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Have been withheld from the house of your God.

^(C1)Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a ^(C2)solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And ^(C3)cry out to the LORD.

^(C1)Woe for the day! For the ^(C2)day of the LORD is near, And it will come as ^(C3)destruction from the ^(F1)Almighty.

Has ^(C1)food not been cut off before our eyes, and Joy and ^(C2)rejoicing from the house of our God?

The ^(F1)(C1)seeds have dried up under their shovels; The storehouses have become desolate, The grain silos are ruined, Because the grain has dried up.

How ^(C1)the animals have groaned! The herds of cattle have wandered aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep have ^(F1)suffered.

^(C1)To You, LORD, I cry out; For ^(C2)fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.

Even the animals of the field ^(F1)(C1)pant for You; For the ^(C2)stream beds of water are dried up, And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.