Joel 1:9

Modern English Version

The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests mourn, who are ministers to the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:10

“But for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned Him. And our priests serve the Lord and are sons of Aaron, Levites with their service.

Exodus 28:1

And bring near to yourself Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister to Me as priests —Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Isaiah 61:6

But you shall be named the priests of the Lord; men shall call you the ministers of our God. You shall eat the riches of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast.

Lamentations 1:16

For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for the comforter, who should relieve my soul, is far from me. My children are desolate for the enemy has prevailed.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion mourn because no one comes to the solemn feasts. All her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she herself suffers bitterly.

Hosea 9:4

They will not offer wine offerings to the Lord, and their sacrifices will not please Him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be defiled. For their bread will be only to satisfy their own hunger; it will not come into the house of the Lord.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 1:16

Has not the food been cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Joel 2:14

Who knows? He might turn aside and relent, and He might leave behind a blessing — a grain offering and a food offering for the Lord your God.

Joel 2:17

Between the temple porch and the altar, let the priests, ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Have pity upon Your people, and do not make Your inheritance a disgrace, a mockery among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”