Joel 1:16-18 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?… How does God utter His voice? In things terrible by terror, so that the feeling He inspires finds utter. ance in voice of man. In nature, by objects which He creates. In history, by results which He brings about. In calls to repentance, by the concurrence of calamity with our sense of sin, whether an instinct trained or rather a sentiment inbreathed by Divine communion. When such sentiments run through a people, kindled by prophets or organised by priests, the national temples echo with them; public religion embodies them; signs of joy are suspended, and prayers go up to the unsearchable Dweller of eternity in words which are the words of men, seeking to move the mind of God, yet breathing a life which God's breath implanted. (Rowland Williams, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?WEB: Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God? |
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