Joel 2:16-18

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;^(A)
assemble the aged;^[a](B)
gather the infants,
even babies nursing at the breast.
Let the groom leave his bedroom,^(C)
and the bride her honeymoon chamber.
¹⁷ Let the priests,^(D) the Lord’s ministers,
weep between the portico and the altar.^(E)
Let them say,
“Have pity on your people, Lord,^(F)
and do not make your inheritance a disgrace,^(G)
an object of scorn among the nations.
Why should it be said among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’” ^(H)