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Atomic Bible
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day!
from A Call to Repentance, Joel 1:13-20
What it says

The day of the LORD is declared near, coming as destruction from the Almighty.

What it is doing

This verse interprets the disaster theologically and eschatologically.

In context

13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; 14Consecrate a fast; 15Alas for the day! 16Has not the food been cut off 17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; 18How the cattle groan! 19To You, O LORD, I call, 20Even the beasts of the field pant for You,