Joel 1:13

“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.”

"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." - Joel 1:13
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What does Joel 1:13 mean?

The Bible verse Joel 1:13 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "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…

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A Call to Sorrowful Reverence: Responding to God’s Call

**Scripture Focus: Joel 1:13 (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." **Devotional…

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A Prayer of Lament and Surrender

O Almighty God, the Creator of heaven and earth, we come before You today with humble hearts, acknowledging the weight of our transgressions and the desolation that surrounds us. We turn to the words of the prophet Joel, who calls us to action with a solemn plea: "Gird…

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Joel 1:13 - "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."
Joel 1:2-4, 13-20
Joel 1:1 - "The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel."
"The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel." - Joel 1:1
Joel 1:3 - "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."
Joel 1 natural disaster
Joel 3:13 - "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."
"Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation." - Joel 1:3
1 Chronicles 11:38 - "Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,"
Joel 1:8 - "¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth."
1 Chronicles 23:8 - "The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three."
1 Chronicles 5:12 - "Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan."
1 Chronicles 4:35 - "And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,"
1 Chronicles 6:36 - "The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,"
1 Chronicles 15:7 - "Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:"
Joel 2:13 - "And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil."
Joel 1:15 - "Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come."
Prophet Joel in a small village surrounded by a small diverse group of listeners. Joel has an aura about his head. The background sky and cloud are seen in soft pastels pinks, yellows, and blues.
Prophet Joel in a small village surrounded by a small diverse group of listeners. Joel has an aura about his head. The background sky and cloud are seen in soft pastels pinks, yellows, and blues.
1 Chronicles 6:33 - "And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,"
Joel 1:10 - "The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth."
1 Chronicles 5:4 - "The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,"
Joel 1:17 - "The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered."
Joel 3:1 - "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,"
1 Chronicles 27:20 - "Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:"
Joel 1:16 - "Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?"
1 Chronicles 15:11 - "And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,"
Joel 1:9 - "The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn."
1 Chronicles 26:22 - "The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD."