14 Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of the LORD, your God, and cry to the LORD.

15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

16 Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?