^{10 Ref} The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

^{11 Ref} Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

^{12 Ref} The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

^{13 Ref} Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

^{14 Ref} Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

^{15 Ref} Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

^{16 Ref} Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

^{17 Ref} The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

^{18 Ref} How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.