Joel 1:13

Joel 1:13

11 ^aBe ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.

12 ^aThe vine has dried up,
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely ^bjoy has withered away from the sons of men.

Mourning for the Land

13 ^aGird 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.

14 ^aConsecrate a fast,
Call ^ba sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And ^call the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.

15 ^aAlas for the day!
For ^bthe day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

16 Is not the food ^acut off before our eyes,
^bJoy and gladness from the house of our God?

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Gird yourselves—namely, with sackcloth; as in Isaiah 32:11, the ellipsis is supplied (compare Jeremiah 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 Joel 1:14).

lie all night in sackcloth—so Ahab (I Kings 21:27).

ministers of my God— (I Corinthians 9:13). Joel claims authority for his doctrine; it is in God's name and by His mission I speak to you.

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