Bible verse

Joel 1:16

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

Joel 1:16 · BSB

Joel 1:16 in context

The verses around it, from Joel 1.

12 The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

13 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.

14 Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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

17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

19 To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

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Joel 1:16 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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