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Joel 1:16

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

Is not the meat {H400} cut off {H3772} before our eyes {H5869}, yea, joy {H8057} and gladness {H1524} from the house {H1004} of our God {H430}?

The food is cut off before our very eyes, also joy and gladness from the house of our God.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 12:6 (3 votes)

    And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

  • Deuteronomy 12:7 (3 votes)

    And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Psalms 43:4 (3 votes)

    Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

  • Joel 1:5 (2 votes)

    Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Joel 1:9 (2 votes)

    The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

  • Isaiah 3:7 (2 votes)

    In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

  • Joel 1:13 (2 votes)

    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.