KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Put on your mourning clothes and cry out, you priests. Wail in anguish, you who serve at the altar. Spend the night in rough cloth, you who minister to my God — because the grain offerings and drink offerings have been cut off from God's house.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even the spiritual leaders need to mourn when the connection to God gets cut off.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The prophet Joel wrote this book
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