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

11Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley— all the crops of the field—are ruined. 12The grapevines have dried up, and the fig trees have withered. The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees— all the fruit trees—have dried up. And the people’s joy has dried up with them. Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in burlap, you ministers of my God. For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God. 14Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Bring the leaders and all the people of the land into the Temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to him there. 15The day of the Lord is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• yourselves, and lamentסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• ye priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• ye ministersשָׁרַתshârath · to ministerH8334
• of the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• lie all nightלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• in sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• of my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• for the meat offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• and the drink offeringנֶ֫סֶךְnesek nêsek · drink offeringH5262
• is withholdenמָנַעmâna‛ · to withholdH4513
• from the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004

Cross-references for Joel 1:13

• Joel 1:8Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, who minister in the Lord’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray, “Spare your people, Lord! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say, ‘Has the God of Israel left them?’”
• Jeremiah 4:8So put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the Lord is still upon us.
• Jeremiah 9:10I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will dress themselves in burlap; horror and shame will cover them. They will shave their heads in sorrow and remorse.
• 1 Corinthians 9:13Don’t you realize that those who work in the temple get their meals from the offerings brought to the temple? And those who serve at the altar get a share of the sacrificial offerings.
• Hebrews 7:13For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests.
• 2 Samuel 12:16David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.
• 1 Kings 21:27But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.
• Jonah 3:5The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.
• Isaiah 61:6You will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God. You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches.
• 1 Corinthians 4:1So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God’s mysteries.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.
• 2 Corinthians 6:4In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in prison more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.
• Joel 1:9For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of the Lord. So the priests are in mourning. The ministers of the Lord are weeping.

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
• Nation

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