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.

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.