Joel 1:19

To 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

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

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.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the Yom Tzarah; 1 I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me. 1

Jeremiah 3:9And it came to pass through the lightness with which she + 3:9 Yisroel took her zenut (whoredom), that she defiled HaAretz, and committed adultery with HaEven (the Stone) + 3:9 of the fertility cult of Ba'al worship and with HaEtz (the Wood). + 3:9 of the fertility cult of Ba'al worship

Jeremiah 9:10And I will make Yerushalayim a heap of ruins, 1 and a ma'on of jackals; 1 and I will make the towns of Yehudah desolate, 1 without an inhabitant.

Amos 7:4Thus hath Adonoi Hashem showed unto me; and, hinei, Adonoi Hashem called to punish with eish, and it devoured the tehom rabbah (great deep), and did devour the chelek (portion).

Habakkuk 3:17Although the etz te'enah shall not blossom, 1 neither shall grape be on the gefen; 1 the labor of the olive shall fail, 1 and the fields shall yield no okhel; 1 the tzon shall be cut off from the fold, 1 and there shall be no herd in the stalls; 1

Luke 18:7Now will not Hashem by all means do mishpat for his Bechirim crying out to him yomam valailah? Will he delay long in bringing them help? + 18:7 Ex 22:23; Ps 88:1

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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