Joel 1:17

The grains shrivel under their hoes, the storehouses are desolate, the barns broken down, for the grain is withered.

Open English Bible (US)

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

16Is not food cut off from before us, gladness and joy from the house of our God?

18How the herds of cattle bellow in distress, for they have no pasture! The flocks of sheep are forlorn.

Read all of Joel 1

Cross References

Genesis 23:16Then Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, on the standard weights used by merchants.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Joel 1:17