<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Yet even now,&#8221; the <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;return to me with all your heart &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">with fasting, weeping, and mourning.p> <p class="poetry">Tear your hearts,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">not just your garments!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Even on male and female servantsp> <p class="poetry">I will pour out my Spirit in those days.p>

<p class="poetry">The vine has dried up;p> <p class="poetry">the fig tree languishes &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the pomegranate, date, and apple<n id="1" /> as well.p> <p class="poetry">In fact,<n id="2" /> all the trees of the field have dried up.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, the joy of the people<n id="3" /> has dried up!p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to the cattle groan!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The herds of livestock wander around in confusion<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because they have no pasture.p> <p class="poetry">Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.p>

<p class="poetry">Even the wild animals<n id="1" /> cry out to you;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the river beds<n id="3" /> have dried up;p> <p class="poetry">fire has destroyed<n id="4" /> the grassy pastures.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like fire they devour everything in their path;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a flame blazes behind them.p> <p class="poetry">The land looks like the Garden of Eden<n id="2" /> before them,p> <p class="poetry">but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">for nothing escapes them!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will very quickly repay you for what you have done!<n id="3" />p>