John Gill's Exposition on Joel 1:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests, etc.] Prepare and be ready to raise up lamentation and mourning; or gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn in that, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi supply the words; (see <240408>Jeremiah 4:8); howl, ye ministers of the altar; who served there, by laying on and burning the sacrifices, or offering incense: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God; that is, come into the house of the Lord, as Kimchi; into the court of the priests, and there lie all night, in the sackcloth girded with; putting up prayers to God, with weeping and lamentations, that he would avert the judgments that were come or were coming upon theme: for the meat offering and the drink offering are withholden from the house of your God; (see Gill on “<290109>Joel 1:9”).

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