Hallow a fast, summon an assembly,

Gather[1201] all the inhabitants of the land to the

house of your God;

And cry to Jehovah:

“Alas for the Day! At hand is the Day of

Jehovah!

And as vehemence from the Vehement[1202] doth it come.”

Is not food cut off from before us,

Gladness and joy from the house of our God?

The grains shrivel under their hoes,[1203]