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Joel 1:13

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

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ASV

Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

KJV

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חִגְר֨וּchig.Rugird yourselvesH2296 →
וְסִפְד֜וּve.sif.Duand lamentH5594 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimO priestsH3548 →
הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙hei.Li.luwailH3213 →
מְשָׁרְתֵ֣יme.sha.re.TeiO servants ofH8334 →
מִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.ach[the] altarH4196 →
בֹּ֚אוּBo.'ucomeH935 →
לִ֣ינוּLi.nuspend [the] nightH3885 →
בַשַּׂקִּ֔יםva.sa.Kimin <the> sackcloth<s>H8242 →
מְשָׁרְתֵ֖יme.sha.re.TeiO servants ofH8334 →
אֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiGod myH430 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
נִמְנַ֛עnim.Na'it has been withheldH4513 →
מִבֵּ֥יתmi.Beitfrom [the] house ofH1004 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →
מִנְחָ֥הmin.Chahgrain offeringH4503 →
וָנָֽסֶךְ׃va.Na.sekhand drink offeringH5262 →

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Jeremiah 4:8So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”Joel 1:8–9Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.Jonah 3:5–8And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.Joel 2:17Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.Joel 1:9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Numbers 29:6These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.2 Corinthians 6:4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;1 Corinthians 4:1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.Hebrews 7:13–14He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.1 Corinthians 9:13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

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