There is a vast degree of elegance in these expressions, as well as earnestness; the priests the ministers of the Lord are first called upon, and then all the people. The sackcloth to lie down in, the howling and woe of the Lord's priests, strongly represent and set forth, under types and figures, the desolated state of souls under sin.
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Joel 1:13-14
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.
14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,