Joel 1:20

Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'

Young's Literal Translation

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

19Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:7And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,

Job 38:41Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,

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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