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Joel 1:13
Contemporary English Version
Joel 1:13
Contemporary English Version
Return to God
13 Mourn, you priests who serve
at the altar of my God.
Spend your days and nights
wearing sackcloth.[a]
Offerings of grain and wine
are no longer brought
to the Lord's temple.
Footnotes
- 1.13 sackcloth: A rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. It was worn in times of trouble or sorrow.
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