Joel 1:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Isn’t the food cut off
    right before our eyes?
    Aren’t joy and gladness also gone from our God’s house?
¹⁷ The grain shrivels under the shovels;^[a]
    the barns are empty.
The granaries are in ruin
    because the grain has dried up.
¹⁸ How the animals groan!
    Herds of cattle are in distress
        because there is no pasture for them;
    even the flocks of sheep pant.