Joel 1:16
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Context
This verse from Joel Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. A locust plague of unprecedented proportions has devastated the land — a day of darkness and gloom likened to a vast army. Joel calls the nation to repentance, commanding all inhabitants to wail, the drunkards to weep, the priests to …
Other Translations
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?
Is not food cut off before our eyes? joy and delight from the house of our God?
Cross References
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall …
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering …
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and …
Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; …
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your …
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, …
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together …
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more …
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread …
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers …