Joel 1:18

The 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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In The King James Version

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

In Context

17Seeds planted in the ground shrivel up; the storehouses are empty, the barns are torn down because the grain has dried up.

19To you, Lord, I cry out! For fire has destroyed the pastures in the wilderness; flames have burned up all the orchards.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:5Ahab told Obadiah, “Go throughout the country and check all the springs and valleys. Perhaps we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not lose any of the animals.”

Jeremiah 14:5Even the deer abandons her newborn fawn because there's no grass.

Joel 1:20Even the wild animals long for you because the streams have dried up, and fire has destroyed the pastures in the wilderness.

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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