Joel 1:13

Joel 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
• New International Version (NIV)Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; Wail, you who minister before the altar; Come, lie all night in sackcloth, You who minister to my God; For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.

Context of Joel 1:13

11Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed. 12The vine dries up And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men. Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. 14Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the Lord your God, And cry out to the Lord. 15Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 1:13 word by word

חִגְר֨וּ וְסִפְד֜וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בֹּ֚אוּ לִ֣ינוּ בַשַּׂקִּ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י אֱלֹהָ֑י כִּ֥י נִמְנַ֛ע מִבֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מִנְחָ֥ה וָנָֽסֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• And lamentסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• O priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• Wailיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• O ministersשָׁרַתshârath · to ministerH8334
• of the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• Comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• spendלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• the nightלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• in sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• of my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• For the grain offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• Are withheldמָנַעmâna‛ · to withholdH4513
• from the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004

Cross-references for Joel 1:13

• Joel 1:8Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not make Your inheritance a reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’”
• Jeremiah 4:8For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.”
• Jeremiah 9:10“For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard; Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads.
• 1 Corinthians 9:13Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?
• Hebrews 7:13For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
• 2 Samuel 12:16David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
• 1 Kings 21:27It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.
• Jonah 3:5Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.
• Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast.
• 1 Corinthians 4:1Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
• 2 Corinthians 6:4but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ?--I speak as if insane--I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.
• Joel 1:9The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off From the house of the Lord. The priests mourn, The ministers of the Lord.

Commentaries on Joel 1:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Gird yourselves - that is, with haircloth, as is elsewhere expressed Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 6:26. The outward affliction is an expression of the inward grief, and itself excites to further grief. This their garment of affliction and penitence, they were not to put off day and night. Their wonted duty was to “offer up sacrifice for their own sins and the sins of the people” Hebrews 7:27, and to entreat God for them. This their office the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 All who labour only for the meat that perishes, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. Those that place their happiness in the delights of sense, when deprived of them, or disturbed in the enjoyment, lose their joy; whereas spiritual joy then flourishes more than ever. See what perishing, uncertain things our creature-comforts are. See how we need to live in continual dependence upon God and his providence. See what ruinous work…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14The priests were to guide everyone in public mourning ceremonies at the temple. Their actions should show genuine inner change (see Joel 2:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Gird yourselves--namely, with sackcloth; as in Is 32:11, the ellipsis is supplied (compare Jr 4:8). lament, ye priests--as it is your duty to set the example to others; also as the guilt was greater, and a greater scandal was occasioned, by your sin to the cause of God. come--the Septuagint, "enter" the house of God (compare Joe 1:14). lie all night in sackcloth--so Ahab (1Ki 21:27). ministers of my God--(1Co 9:13). Joel claims authority for his…Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 1:13

• Minister, Christian
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In the dictionaries

• God
• Drink Offering
• Meat Offering
• Drinkoffering
• Fast; Fasting
• Joel (2)
• Sacrifice
• Minister

Commentaries on Joel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings