Joel 1:18

How 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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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 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

19Yahweh, I cry to you. 1 For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, 1 and flames have burned all the trees of the fields. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the water springs and brooks. Perhaps we will find grass and save the horses and mules alive, so that we will not lose all the animals.”

Jeremiah 14:5For even the doe leaves her young in the fields and abandons them, for there is no grass. 1

Joel 1:20Even the animals of the fields pant for you, 1 for the water brooks have dried up, 1 and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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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