6 For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness. 7 It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white. 8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:6–8
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