Joel 1:16

Is not the okhel (food) 1 cut off before our eyes, 1 yea, simchah (joy) and gladness from the Beis Eloheinu? + 1:16 the Beis Hamikdash 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 for the day! For the Yom Hashem + 1:15 See Isa 13:9-13; Am 5:18-20; 8:9-14; Zeph 1:14-18 on the coming Day of the L-rd when Hashem intervenes to execute mishpat and righteousness is karov (near, at hand), 1 and like destruction from Shaddai shall it come. 1

17The seed is rotten under their clods, 1 the otzarot (storehouses) are laid desolate, 1 the barns are broken down; 1 for the grain is withered. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:6And thither ye shall bring your olot, and your zevakhim, and your ma'aseros (tithes), and terumot (heave offerings) of your hand, and your nedarim (vows), and your nedavot (freewill offerings), and the bekhorot (firstlings) of your herds and of your flocks;

Deuteronomy 16:10And thou shalt observe Chag Shavuos unto Hashem Eloheicha by giving a terumah (freewill offering) of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto Hashem Eloheicha, according as Hashem Eloheicha hath blessed thee:

Deuteronomy 16:14And thou shalt rejoice in thy chag (feast), thou, and thy ben, and thy bat, and thy eved, and thy amah, and the Levi, the ger, and the yatom (orphan), and the almanah, that are within thy she'arim.

Psalms 105:3Glory ye in the Shem Kadosh of Him; 1 let the lev of them that seek Hashem be glad. 1

Isaiah 62:8Hashem hath sworn by His yamin, 1 and by the zero'a of His oz (might), 1 Surely I will no more give thy dagan 1 (grain) to be food for thine oyevim; 1 and the bnei nekhar shall not drink thy tirosh, 1 for the which thou hast toiled; 1

Joel 1:13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye kohanim; 1 howl, ye mesharetim of the Mizbe'ach; 1 come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye mesharetim of my G-d; 1 for the minchah and the nesekh 1 is withheld from the Beis of your G-d. + 1:13 i.e., the Beis Hamikdash 1

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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