17 The seed is rotten under their clods: the garners are destroyed: the barns are broken down, for the corn is withered.

18 How did the beasts mourn! the herds of cattle pine away, because they have no pasture, and the flocks of sheep are destroyed.

19 O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burnt up all the trees of the field.

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17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.[a](A)
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;(B)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.(C)

19 To you, Lord, I call,(D)
    for fire(E) has devoured the pastures(F) in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.