Joel 1:18

How 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

17The 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

19To Thee, Hashem, will I cry; 1 for the eish hath devoured 1 the pastures of the midbar, 1 and the flame hath burned 1 all the trees of the field. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:5And Ach'av said unto Ovadyah, Go into HaAretz unto all springs of mayim, and unto all brooks; perhaps we may find khatzir (grass) to save the sus (horse) and pered (mules) alive, that we not be dispossessed of all the behemah.

Jeremiah 14:5Indeed, the deer also calved in the sadeh, and forsook it, 1 because there was no desheh (grass). 1

Joel 1:20The beasts of the field cry also unto Thee; 1 for the rivers of mayim (water) are dried up, 1 and the eish hath devoured the pastures of the midbar.

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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