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Joel 1:9

Joel 1:9
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord,.... The meat offering was made of fine flour, oil, and frankincense; and the drink offering was of wine; and, because of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off - The meat offering and drink offering were part of every sacrifice. If the materials for these, the grain and wine, ceased, through locusts or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joel 1:8-13

The judgment is here described as very lamentable, and such as all sorts of people should share in; it shall not only rob the drunkards of their pleasure (if that were the worst of it, it might be the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The meal offering and the drink offering is cut off, &c. the means of providing them having been destroyed by the locusts. The cessation of the daily sacrifices would be regarded as a national…