Isa 22:12, 24:7-12, 32:11, Jer 9:17-19, Joe 1:13-15, 2:12-14, Jam 4:8-9 | ESV | STEP | In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning , for baldness and wearing sackcloth ;

7 ^dThe wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 ^eThe mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine ^fwith singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 ^gThe wasted city is broken down;
^hevery house is shut up so that none can enter.
11 ⁱThere is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
^jall joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.

Isaiah 32:11

11 Tremble, you women ^kwho are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
^lstrip, and make yourselves bare,
^mand tie sackcloth around your waist.

Jeremiah 9:17-19

17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
ⁿ“Consider, and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skillful women to come;
18 let them make haste ^oand raise a wailing over us,
^pthat our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.
19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
^q‘How we are ruined!
We are utterly shamed,
because we have left the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.’”

Joel 1:13-15

A Call to Repentance

13 ^rPut on sackcloth and lament, ^sO priests;
^twail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, ^upass the night in sackcloth,
^vO ministers of my God!
^wBecause grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 ^xConsecrate a fast;
^ycall a solemn assembly.
Gather ^zthe elders
and ^aaall the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
15 Alas for the day!
^abFor the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty ^{▼▼ Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty} it comes.

Joel 2:12-14

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
^ad“return to me with all your heart,
^aewith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and ^afrend your hearts and not ^agyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^ahfor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^aiand he relents over disaster.
14 ^ajWho knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and ^akleave a blessing behind him,
^ala grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?

James 4:8-9

8 ^amDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you. ^anCleanse your hands, you sinners, and ^aopurify your hearts, ^apyou double-minded. 9 ^aqBe wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.