Joel 1:16

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

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

In Context

15Alas, alas the day! For the day of Jehovah is near; Even as destruction from the Almighty doth it come.

17The seeds are rotten under their clods, The storehouses are laid desolate, the garners are destroyed; For the corn is withered.

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Cross References

Psalms 105:3Glory ye in his holy name; Let the hearts of them that seek the LORD rejoice!

Isaiah 62:8Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and his mighty arm: No more will I give thy corn to be food for thine enemies, Nor shall the sons of the stranger drink thy wine, for which thou hast labored.

Joel 1:13Gird yourselves with sackcloth and mourn, ye priests! Howl, ye ministers of the altar! Come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God, For the flour-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God!

Matthew Henry on Joel 1:15-20

Threatenings of Judgment; A Proclamation for a Fast. ( b. c. 720.) 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord , 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are… Read the whole commentary →

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