Joel 1:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joel 1:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joel 1:9 is a verse from the book of Joel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joel 1:9 — KJV
“The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.”
— Joel 1:9 (KJV)
Joel 1:9 in Context — About the Book of Joel
Joel turns a devastating locust plague into a call for national fasting — then pivots to one of Scripture's greatest promises: I will restore the years the locusts have eaten, and afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Peter quoted it at Pentecost as fulfilled.
Cross-References for Joel 1:9
“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.”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:9: meat, offering, drink
“And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:9: meat, offering, drink
“And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:9: meat, offering, drink
“And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:9: meat, offering, drink
“These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:9: meat, offering, drink
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