"Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. . . . The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate." "The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men." Joel 1:15-18, 12.

"Ak, hvilken dag! Thi nær er Herrens dag, den kommer som vold fra den Vældige ..... Sæden skrumper ind i den klumpede jord; lader er nedbrudt, forrådshuse jævnet, thi kornet er vissent. Hvor kvæget dog stønner! Oksernes hjorde er skræmte, fordi de ikke har græs; selv småkvægets hjorde lider." Fejl slog vinstokken, figentræet tørres; granatæble, palme og æbletræ, (hver markens frø tørres) hen. Ja, med skam veg glæde fra menneskenes børn." Joel 1,15-18. og 12.