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Joel 1:16

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲל֛וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
נֶ֥גֶדNe.gedbeforeH5048 →
עֵינֵ֖ינוּ'ei.Nei.nueyes ourH5869 →
אֹ֣כֶל'O.khelfoodH400 →
נִכְרָ֑תnikh.Rathas it been cut offH3772 →
מִבֵּ֥יתmi.Beitfrom [the] house ofH1004 →
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →
שִׂמְחָ֥הsim.ChahjoyH8057 →
וָגִֽיל׃va.Giland rejoicingH1524 →

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Joel 1:12The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.Psalms 105:3Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.Deuteronomy 12:6–7To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.Isaiah 3:7On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”Amos 4:6–7“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 62:8–9The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.Joel 1:13Put 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.Deuteronomy 12:11–12then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.Joel 1:5–9Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.Deuteronomy 16:10–15And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,Jeremiah 48:33Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.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.Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

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