Joel 1:20

Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

In Context

19To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:7Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

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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