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Joel 1:13–14

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1:13Get dressed44 and lament, you priests!

Wail, you who minister at the altar!

Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God,

because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings

to the temple of your God anymore.45

1:14Announce a holy fast;46

proclaim a sacred assembly.

Gather the elders and47 all the inhabitants of the land

to the temple of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 44 Heb “put on.” There is no object present in the Hebrew text, but many translations assume “sackcloth” to be the understood object of the verb “put on.” Its absence in the Hebrew text of v. 13 is probably due to metrical considerations. The meter here is 3 + 3, and that has probably influenced the prophet’s choice of words.
  2. 45 Heb “for grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.”
  3. 46 Heb “consecrate a fast” (so ).
  4. 47 The conjunction “and” does not appear in or , but does appear in some Qumran texts (4QXIIc and 4QXIIg).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;

wail, O ministers of the altar.

Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,

O ministers of my God!

Because grain offering and drink offering

are withheld from the house of your God.

Consecrate a fast;

call a solemn assembly.

Gather the elders

and all the inhabitants of the land

to the house of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;

wail, you who minister before the altar.

Come, spend the night in sackcloth,

you who minister before my God;

for the grain offerings and drink offerings

are withheld from the house of your God.

Declare a holy fast;

call a sacred assembly.

Summon the elders

and all who live in the land

to the house of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests;

wail, you ministers of the altar.

Come and spend the night in sackcloth,

you ministers of my God,

because grain and drink offerings

are withheld from the house of your God.

Announce a sacred fast;

proclaim a solemn assembly!

Gather the elders

and all the residents of the land

at the house of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests!

Wail, you who serve before the altar!

Come, spend the night in burlap,

you ministers of my God.

For there is no grain or wine

to offer at the Temple of your God.

Announce a time of fasting;

call the people together for a solemn meeting.

Bring the leaders

and all the people of the land

into the Temple of the Lord your God,

and cry out to him there.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Gird yourselves and lament, O priests!

Wail, O ministers of the altar!

Come spend the night in sackcloth,

O ministers of my God,

because offering and libation

are withheld from the house of your God.

Solemnize a fast!

Call an assembly!

Gather the elders,

all of the inhabitants of the land

in the house of Yahweh your God,

and cry out to Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly,

Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land

Into the house of the Lord your God,

And cry unto the Lord,