Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? Treasury of Scripture the meat. Joel 1:5-9,13 Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth... Amos 4:6,7 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have you not returned to me... joy. Deuteronomy 12:6,7,11,12 And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows... Deuteronomy 16:10-15 And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand... Psalm 43:4 Then will I go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy: yes, on the harp will I praise you, O God my God. Psalm 105:3 Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Isaiah 62:8,9 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your corn to be meat for your enemies...
Context A Call to Repentance
13Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God. 14Sanctify you a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD, 15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. 18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. 20The beasts of the field cry also to you: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea , joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Is not your food cut off before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Darby Bible Translation
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
King James Bible
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Young's Literal Translation
Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?
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