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The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh`s house. The priests, Yahweh`s ministers, mourn.
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Worship Interrupted
Commentators explain that the halt of the meal and drink offerings was more than a supply chain issue; it was a visible sign of broken communion with God. The inability to perform these central acts of worship was meant to be a shocking wake-up call, demonstrating the severity of God's judgment to a people who had become spiritually numb.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off — The meat offering and drink offering were part of every sacrifice. If the mat…
19th Century
Anglican
The meat offering and the drink offering — that is, all the outward and visible signs of communion with God are cut off. The means…
16th Century
Protestant
Here, in other words, the Prophet paints the calamity. For, as has been said, we see how great is the slowness of people to discern God’s judgments…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord The me…
All who labour only for the meat that perishes will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. Those that place their happiness in the delights …
