Parallel Verses
NET Bible
No one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of the Lord anymore. So the priests, those who serve the Lord, are in mourning.
New American Standard Bible
From the house of the Lord.
The
The ministers of the Lord.
King James Version
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
Holman Bible
from the house of the Lord;
the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.
International Standard Version
Both grain offering and wine offering have been removed from the LORD's Temple; the priests and ministering servants of the LORD are mourning."
A Conservative Version
The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of LORD. The priests, LORD's ministers, mourn.
American Standard Version
The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.
Amplified
The [daily] grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
From the house of the Lord;
The priests mourn
Who minister to the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
The meal offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's servants, are sorrowing.
Darby Translation
The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.
Julia Smith Translation
The gift was cut off and the libation from the house of Jehovah; mourn, ye priests serving Jehovah.
King James 2000
The grain offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The offering and libation are withheld from the house of Yahweh. The priests mourn, the ministers of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
The food offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the meat and drink offering shall be taken away from the house of the LORD: and the priests, the LORD's ministers, shall mourn.
New Heart English Bible
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the LORD's house. The priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
The Emphasized Bible
Cut off are the meal-offering and the drink-offering, from the house of Yahweh, - In grief are the priests, the attendants on Yahweh: -
Webster
The meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
World English Bible
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministrants of Jehovah.
Themes
Drink offering » Omission of, caused by bad vintage
Meat offerings » The jews » Often prevented from offering, by judgments
Interlinear
Karath
Bayith
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament Over The Land
8 Wail like a young virgin clothed in sackcloth, lamenting the death of her husband-to-be. 9 No one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of the Lord anymore. So the priests, those who serve the Lord, are in mourning. 10 The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished. The fresh wine has dried up; the olive oil languishes.
Phrases
Cross References
Joel 2:14
Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake -- a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the Lord your God!
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, "Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, "Where is their God?"
Hosea 9:4
They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
Joel 1:13
Get dressed 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.
Isaiah 61:6
You will be called, 'the Lord's priests, servants of our God.' You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them.
Exodus 28:1
"And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests -- Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2 Chronicles 13:10
But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron's descendants serve as the Lord's priests and the Levites assist them with the work.
Lamentations 1:4
(Dalet) The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish!
Lamentations 1:16
(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
Joel 1:16
Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!