King James Version
Joel 1:16 in the King James Version says “Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?” — study this verse from Joel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?”
Joel 1:16 · KJV
Sanctify ye 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 unto the LORD, solemn: or, day of restraint
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. seed: Heb. grains
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
“before our eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“cut off”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
“from the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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