Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Joel 1:15
Surrounding context
1:14 Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Into the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD.
1:15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
1:16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, Joy and gladness from the house of our God?