Joel 1:17

Seeds planted in the ground shrivel up; the storehouses are empty, the barns are torn down because the grain has dried up.

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In The King James Version

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

In Context

16Haven't we seen our food taken away from us, right before our eyes? There is no joy and happiness in God's Temple.

18The farm animals moan with hunger. The herds of cattle wander everywhere because they can't find grass to eat; the flocks of sheep are suffering.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:16Abraham accepted Ephron's offer. Abraham weighed out and gave to Ephron the four hundred pieces of silver he'd mentioned, using the standard weights used by merchants, and with the Hittites acting as witnesses.

Matthew Henry on Joel 1:15-20

Threatenings of Judgment; A Proclamation for a Fast. ( b. c. 720.) 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 , 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are… Read the whole commentary →

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