Joel 1:17

The seeds rot under their clods, 1 the granaries are desolate, 1 and the barns have been broken down, 1 for the grain has withered. 1

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The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

In Context

16Has not food been cut off from before our eyes, 1 and joy and gladness from the house of our God? 1

18How the animals groan! 1 The herds of cattle are suffering 1 because they have no pasture. 1 Also, the flocks of sheep suffer. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 23:16Abraham listened to Ephron and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the amount of silver that he had spoken in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard measurement of the 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 →

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