Joel 1:16

A Call To Lamentation

¹⁵ Woe because of that day!
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
¹⁶ Hasn’t the food been cut off
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
¹⁷ The seeds lie shriveled in their casings.
The storehouses are in ruin,
and the granaries are broken down,
because the grain has withered away.

Before Your Eyes

Joy and Gladness

Joel

No

Deuteronomy 12:6-7

You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise You with the lyre,
God, my God.

Deuteronomy 12:11-12

then Yahweh your God will choose the place to have His name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:10-15

You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the Lord your God has blessed you.

Psalm 105:3

Honor His holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

Isaiah 3:7

On that day he will cry out, saying:
“I’m not a healer.
I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.
Don’t make me the leader of the people!”

Isaiah 62:8-9

The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.

Joel 1:5-9

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.

Joel 1:13

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.

Amos 4:6-7

I gave you absolutely nothing to eat
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.