Joel 1:13

King James Version:

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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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Cohanim, put on sackcloth, and weep! Wail, you who serve at the altar! Come, lie in sackcloth all night long, you who serve my God! For the grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

Berean Standard Bible:

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.

American Standard Version:

Gird yourselveswith 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 with Strong’s Numbers:

Gird{H2296} yourselves, and lament{H5594}, ye priests{H3548}: howl{H3213}, ye ministers{H8334} of the altar{H4196}: come{H935}, lie all night{H3885} in sackcloth{H8242}, ye ministers{H8334} of my God{H430}: for the meat offering{H4503} and the drink offering{H5262} is withholden{H4513} from the house{H1004} of your God{H430}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Joel 1:8

  • ¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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.

Jeremiah 4:8

  • For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Jeremiah 9:10

  • For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through [them]; neither can [men] hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

1 Kings 21:27

  • And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Joel 2:17

  • Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?

Jonah 3:5

  • ¶ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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Commentary for Joel 1:13

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2296
    There are 40 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָגַר
    Transliteration: châgar
    Pronunciation: khaw-gar'
    Description: a primitive root; to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.); be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.
  2. Strong's Number: H5594
    There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סָפַד
    Transliteration: çâphad
    Pronunciation: saw-fad'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail; lament, mourn(-er), wail.
  3. Strong's Number: H3548
    There are 653 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כֹּהֵן
    Transliteration: kôhên
    Pronunciation: ko-hane'
    Description: active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
  4. Strong's Number: H3213
    There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָלַל
    Transliteration: yâlal
    Pronunciation: yaw-lal'
    Description: a primitive root; to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one); (make to) howl, be howling.
  5. Strong's Number: H8334
    There are 92 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁרַת
    Transliteration: shârath
    Pronunciation: shaw-rath'
    Description: a primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to; minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
  6. Strong's Number: H4196
    There are 338 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ
    Transliteration: mizbêach
    Pronunciation: miz-bay'-akh
    Description: from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
  7. Strong's Number: H935
    There are 2307 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוֹא
    Transliteration: bôwʼ
    Pronunciation: bo
    Description: a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  8. Strong's Number: H3885
    There are 79 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לוּן
    Transliteration: lûwn
    Pronunciation: loon
    Description: or לִין; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain); abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
  9. Strong's Number: H8242
    There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׂק
    Transliteration: saq
    Pronunciation: sak
    Description: from שָׁקַק; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.); sack(-cloth, -clothes).
  10. Strong's Number: H430
    There are 2334 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֱלֹהִים
    Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym
    Pronunciation: el-o-heem'
    Description: plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
  11. Strong's Number: H4503
    There are 194 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִנְחָה
    Transliteration: minchâh
    Pronunciation: min-khaw'
    Description: from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary); gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
  12. Strong's Number: H5262
    There are 62 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶסֶךְ
    Transliteration: neçek
    Pronunciation: neh'-sek
    Description: or נֵסֶךְ; from נָסַךְ; a libation; also a cast idol; cover, drink offering, molten image.
  13. Strong's Number: H4513
    There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָנַע
    Transliteration: mânaʻ
    Pronunciation: maw-nah'
    Description: a primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury; deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
  14. Strong's Number: H1004
    There are 1718 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בַּיִת
    Transliteration: bayith
    Pronunciation: bah'-yith
    Description: probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).