1:13–14 · The Lord’s call for Judah’s repentance:The first of two formal calls for repentance is introduced with a command to the priests to don sackcloth in penitence and remorse for the absence of produce for sacrificial offerings (1:13). The lack of offerings signifies the breach in the relationship between the Lord and his people, who no longer have a means for repairing their sinfulness before God. The prophet instructs the priests to “declare a holy fast” and “summon the elders and all who live in the land” (1:14) so that they can cry out and petition the Lord to restore productivity to the land and deliver his people from their suffering. (The formula “declare a holy fast, call…