Joel 1:20

The 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.

Orthodox Jewish 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 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 17:7And it came to pass at the ketz yamim (end of days), that the brook dried up, because there had been no geshem in the land.

Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? 1 When his young ones cry unto El, 1 they wander about for lack of okhel.

Psalms 145:15[Ayin] The eyes of all look to Thee; 1 and Thou givest them their okhel (food) in its season. 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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