Joel 1:19

To thee, O Lord, will I cry: for fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness, and a flame has burned up all the trees of the field.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

In Context

18What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.

20And the cattle of the field have looked up to thee: for the fountains of waters have been dried up, and fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:15Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; 1 And ungodly men shall turn to thee. 1

Jeremiah 3:9And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.

Jeremiah 9:10And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Judah, so that they shall not be inhabited.

Amos 7:4Thus has the Lord shown me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord’s portion.

Habakkuk 3:17For though the fig tree shall bear no fruit, 1 And there shall be no produce on the vines; 1 The labor of the olive shall fail, 1 And the fields shall produce no food: 1 The sheep have failed from the pasture, 1 And there are no oxen at the cribs; 1

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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