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Priests keep a weary sackcloth vigil beside an altar in oil-lamp light.
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Joel 1:13

A night in sackcloth

The Land Mourns · Joel 1

Story guide: Priests keep a weary vigil in sackcloth beside the altar. Joel calls them to mourn through the night because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of God.

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13Gird yourselves and mourn, O priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

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