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The priest looks down at empty offering vessels beside a rough stone sanctuary.
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Joel 1:9-10

Offerings withheld

The Land Mourns · Joel 1

Story guide: Empty vessels at the sanctuary connect ruined fields with interrupted offerings. With grain, wine, and oil failing, the priests mourn the loss of what sustains their service.

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9The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of Yahweh; the priests mourn, the ministers of Yahweh.

10The field is devastated; the ground mourns, for the grain is devastated, the new wine has dried up, the oil has failed.

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