Discovery BoxJoel 1:13 
Context1:13 Get dressed 1 and lament, you priests!
Wail, you who minister at the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God,
because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings
to the temple of your God anymore. 2
Joel 2:19
Context2:19 The Lord responded 3 to his people,
“Look! I am about to restore your grain 4
as well as fresh wine and olive oil.
You will be fully satisfied. 5
I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.
1 tn Heb “put on.” There is no object present in the Hebrew text, but many translations assume “sackcloth” to be the understood object of the verb “put on.” Its absence in the Hebrew text of v. 13 is probably due to metrical considerations. The meter here is 3 + 3, and that has probably influenced the prophet’s choice of words.
2 tn Heb “for grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.”
3 tn Heb “answered and said.”
4 tn Heb “Look! I am sending grain to you.” The participle used in the Hebrew text seems to suggest imminent action.
5 tc One of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXIIc) inserts “and you will eat” before “and you will be fully satisfied” (the reading of the MT, LXX).
