Joel 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 1:13-18

131GirdH2296 yourselvesH2296 with sackcloth And lamentH5594, O priestsH3548; 2WailH3213, O ministersH8334 of the altarH4196! ComeH935, 3spendH3885 the nightH3885 in sackclothH8242 O ministersH8334 of my GodH430, For the grain offeringH4503 and the drinkH5262 offeringH5262 Are withheldH4513 from the houseH1004 of your GodH430.144ConsecrateH6942 a fastH6685, ProclaimH7121 a 5solemnH6116 assemblyH6116; GatherH622 the eldersH2205 And allH3605 the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 To the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 your GodH430, And 6cryH2199 out to the LordH3068.157AlasH162 for the dayH3117! For the 8dayH3117 of the LordH3068 is nearH7138, And it will comeH935 as 9destructionH7701 from the 10AlmightyH7706.16Has not 11foodH400 been cutH3772 offH3772 beforeH5048 our eyesH5869, GladnessH8057 and 12joyH1524 from the houseH1004 of our GodH430?17The 1314seedsH6507 shrivelH5685 underH8478 their 15clodsH4053; The storehousesH214 are desolateH8074, The barnsH4460 are tornH2040 downH2040, For the grainH1715 is driedH3001 up.18HowH4100 16the beastsH929 groanH584! The herdsH5739 of cattleH1241 wanderH943 aimlesslyH943 BecauseH3588 thereH369 is noH369 pastureH4829 for them; EvenH1571 the flocksH5739 of sheepH6629 17sufferH816.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joel 1:13 Jer 4:8; Ezek 7:18 ↩
  2. 2. Joel 1:13 Jer 9:10 ↩
  3. 3. Joel 1:13 1 Kin 21:27 ↩
  4. 4. Joel 1:14 Joel 2:15, 16 ↩
  5. 5. Joel 1:14 Lev 23:36 ↩
  6. 6. Joel 1:14 Jon 3:8 ↩
  7. 7. Joel 1:15 Is 13:9; Jer 30:7; Amos 5:16 ↩
  8. 8. Joel 1:15 Joel 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
  9. 9. Joel 1:15 Is 13:6; Ezek 7:2-12 ↩
  10. 10. Joel 1:15 Heb Shaddai ↩
  11. 11. Joel 1:16 Is 3:7; Amos 4:6 ↩
  12. 12. Joel 1:16 Deut 12:7; Ps 43:4 ↩
  13. 13. Joel 1:17 Or dried figs ↩
  14. 14. Joel 1:17 Is 17:10, 11 ↩
  15. 15. Joel 1:17 Or shovels ↩
  16. 16. Joel 1:18 1 Kin 8:5; Jer 12:4; 14:5, 6; Hos 4:3 ↩
  17. 17. Joel 1:18 Lit bear punishment ↩

Commentaries on Joel 1

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