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17         The planted seed is dried up under the clods of earth.[a]
        The storehouses are in ruins.
        The granaries have been broken down, because the grain has dried up.
18         Listen to how the cattle bellow!
        The herds of cattle are milling around in confusion, because they have no pasture.
        Even the flocks of sheep are suffering punishment.

Closing Prayer

19 To you, O Lord, I call,
    because fire has consumed the grazing lands in the wilderness,[b]
    and flames have burned up all the trees in the countryside.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:17 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
  2. Joel 1:19 Or pastures in the open range