Joel 1:17

The seed is rotten under their clods, 1 the otzarot (storehouses) are laid desolate, 1 the barns are broken down; 1 for the grain is withered. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 the okhel (food) 1 cut off before our eyes, 1 yea, simchah (joy) and gladness from the Beis Eloheinu? + 1:16 the Beis Hamikdash 1

18How do the beasts groan! 1 The herds of cattle are perplexed, 1 because they have no pasture; 1 yea, the edrei hatzon (flocks of sheep) are made desolate. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 23:16And Avraham paid heed unto Ephron; and Avraham weighed to Ephron the kesef, which he had named in the hearing of the bnei Chet four hundred shekels of kesef, according to current merchant value.

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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