Joel 1:9
The minchah and the nesekh is cut off 1 from the Beis Hashem; 1 the kohanim, the mesharetim (ministers) 1 of Hashem, mourn. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Lament like a betulah girded with sackcloth 1 for the ba'al (husband) of her youth. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 13:10But as for us, Hashem is Eloheinu, and we have not forsaken Him, and the Kohanim, mesharetim unto Hashem, are the Bnei Aharon, and the Levi'im do their work;
Lamentations 1:4The darkhei Tziyon (approaches to Tziyon) do mourn, 1 because none come to mo'ed (set feasts); 1 all her she'arim (gates) are desolate; 1 her kohanim sigh, 1 her betulot (virgins) are afflicted, 1 and she is in bitterness. 1
Hosea 9:4They shall not offer yayin offerings to Hashem, 1 neither shall they be pleasing unto Him; 1 their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; 1 all that eat thereof shall be polluted; 1 for their bread shall be for their own nefesh 1 and shall not come into the Beis Hashem. 1
Joel 1:16Is 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
Joel 2:17Let the kohanim, the mesharetim of Hashem, weep 1 between the Ulam and the Mizbe'ach, 1 and let them say: 1 Spare Thy people, Hashem, 1 and make not Thine nachalah (inheritance) an object of scorn, 1 a byword among the Goyim. 1 Why should they say among the peoples: 1 Where is their G-d? 1
Matthew Henry on Joel 1:9-14
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 720.) 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord ; the priests, the Lord 's ministers, mourn. 10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is dried up,… Read the whole commentary →