“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. {9T 15.1}

(15) »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, hvert markens træ tørres hen. Ja, med skam, veg glæde fra menneskenes børn.« Joel 1, 15-18.12