Joel 1:9 meaning and explanation

Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

Joel 1:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Joel speaks to the people of Judah after a locust plague has stripped the fields. In verse 9 he names one of its worst effects: the grain offering (minchah) and the drink offering (nesek), the regular daily offerings at the temple, have ceased.

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