Joel 1:16
Has not the food been cut off
What it says
Food, joy, and gladness are cut off before the people's eyes and from the house of God.
What it is doing
This verse shows deprivation reaching both ordinary life and sacred celebration.
In context
13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; 14Consecrate a fast; 15Alas for the day! 16Has not the food been cut off 17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; 18How the cattle groan! 19To You, O LORD, I call, 20Even the beasts of the field pant for You,