Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Gird yourselves - namely, with sackcloth; as in , the ellipsis is supplied (cf. ).

Lament, ye priests - as it is your duty to set the example to others; also as the guilt was greater, and a greater scandal was occasioned, by your sin, to the cause of God.

Come. The Septuagint, 'enter' the house of God (cf. ).

Lie all night in sackcloth - so Ahab ().

Ye ministers of my God - (). Joel claims authority for his doctrine. It is in God's name and by His mission I speak to you.