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 2:27
Context2:27 You will be convinced that I am in the midst of Israel.
I am the Lord your God; there is no other.
My people will never again be put to shame.
Joel 3:17
Context3:17 You will be convinced 3 that I the Lord am your God,
dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain.
Jerusalem 4 will be holy –
conquering armies 5 will no longer pass through it.
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 “know.”
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Heb “strangers” or “foreigners.” In context, this refers to invasions by conquering armies.
