Joel 1:8-10
The Message
8-10 Weep like a young virgin dressed in black,
mourning the loss of her fiancé.
Without grain and grapes,
worship has been brought to a standstill
in the Sanctuary of God.
The priests are at a loss.
God’s ministers don’t know what to do.
The fields are sterile.
The very ground grieves.
The wheat fields are lifeless,
vineyards dried up, olive oil gone.
Joel 1:8-10
New International Version
8 Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(A)
grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
9 Grain offerings and drink offerings(B)
are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,(C)
those who minister before the Lord.
10 The fields are ruined,
the ground is dried up;(D)
the grain is destroyed,
the new wine(E) is dried up,
the olive oil fails.(F)
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