^{8 Ref} Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

^{9 Ref} Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministrants of Jehovah.

^{10 Ref} Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.

^{11 Ref} Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field.

^{12 Ref} The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.

^{13 Ref} Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.

^{14 Ref} Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders -- all the inhabitants of the land, `Into' the house of Jehovah your God,

^{15 Ref} And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near `is' a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

^{16 Ref} Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?

^{17 Ref} Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.

^{18 Ref} How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.