17 The [a](A)seeds shrivel under their [b]clods;
The storehouses are desolate,
The barns are torn down,
For the grain is dried up.
18 How (B)the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep [c]suffer.
19 (C)To You, O Lord, I cry;
For (D)fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:17 Or dried figs
  2. Joel 1:17 Or shovels
  3. Joel 1:18 Lit bear punishment