15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. 16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
Joel 1:15–17
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Joel 1:9–11
9 Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. 10 The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. 11 Be dismayed,…
Isaiah 13:5–7
5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country. 6 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore all hands will fall limp, and…
Isaiah 24:10–12
10 The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. 11 In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land. 12 The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
2 Esdras 6:21–23
21 The children a year old will speak with their voices. The women with child will deliver premature children at three or four months, and they will live and dance. (WEB) 22 Suddenly the sown places will appear unsown. The full storehouses will suddenly be found empty. (WEB) 23 The… (WEB)
Isaiah 1:6–8
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. 7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields befo…
Jeremiah 4:19–21
19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle. 20 Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents ar…
2 Esdras 16:1–3
1 Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria! (WEB) 2 Put on sackcloth and garments of goats’ hair, wail for your children and lament; for your destruction is at hand. (WEB) 3 A sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back? (WEB)
Jeremiah 9:18–20
18 Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. 19 For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because… 20 …
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