Joel 1:8, 11, 14

¶Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].

Be ashamed, O farmers; Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and for the barley, Because the harvest of the field has perished.

Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly, Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD [in penitent pleadings].