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17 Seeds shrivel within their furrows,
    the storehouses lie empty,
and granaries stand in ruins
    because the grain has withered.
18 Oh, how the livestock groan!
    The herds of cattle[a] wander about
        because they have no pasture.
Even flocks of sheep suffer!

19 To you, Lord, I cry out,
    because fire has devoured the open pastures,
        and has set all the cultivated trees[b] ablaze.

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  1. Joel 1:18 Or oxen
  2. Joel 1:19 Lit. the trees of the field

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.