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

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.