Lament like a virgin[a] (A)wearing sackcloth
    for the bridegroom of her youth.
(B)The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
    from the house of the Lord.
(C)The priests mourn,
    (D)the ministers of the Lord.
10 The fields are destroyed,
    (E)the ground mourns,
because (F)the grain is destroyed,
    (G)the wine dries up,
    the oil languishes.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:8 Or young woman

Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(A)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
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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Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn.

10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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