Holy Scripture
Joel 1:16
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 16) Have not the provisions perished before our eyes from the house of our God, joy and exultation? LXX: The provisions have perished before your eyes: from the house of our God, joy and delight. The provisions of sinners perish before our eyes when the expected crops are taken from their hands, and the locust…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16Your meat has been destroyed before your eyes, joy and gladness from out of the house of your God.
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In context
14Sanctify a fast, proclaim a solemn service, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God, and cry earnestly to the Lord,
15Alas, alas, alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.
— Joel 1:16 —
17The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the winepresses are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.