Joel 2:16

Gather the people, ^aset apart the congregation as holy,

Assemble the elders,

Gather the infants and the nursing babies.

Let the ^bbridegroom come out of his room

And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

Joel 2:17

Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh,

Weep ^abetween the porch and the altar,

And let them say, “^bPity Your people, O Yahweh,

And do not make Your inheritance a ^creproach,

A byword among the nations.

Why should they among the peoples say,

‘^dWhere is their God?’”